Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner in the German election, vowed to hold course on his disputed plan to limit ...

Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner in the German election, will focus his campaign on proposals to revive the ...

Friedrich Merz, the favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, said on Monday that he is ready to lead the country as his ...

Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...

The bill’s defeat — after Merz secured the passage of a similar motion on Wednesday — suggests that some of his own ...

The centre-right CDU has been accused of breaking 'taboo' by putting forward a motion to the Bundestag for a stricter ...

With less than four weeks before Germany’s federal election, Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his conservative challenger Friedrich ...

Protesters accuse Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats of breaking Germany’s unwritten post-Nazi promise to never pass ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader ...

Friedrich Merz caused dismay within his party for saying the law was so important he was prepared to pass it with support ...

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to toughen rules on immigration. It did not pay off. By Christopher F.

Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democrats has reaffirmed his principled rejection of cooperation ...