Polls show conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s Union leading ahead of the Feb. 23 election with around 30% support, while ...

Friedrich Merz’s hard-line shift on migration is a calculated gambit by the German conservative leader to neutralize the far ...

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

Conservatives have cooperated with the far-right AfD for the first time, amid growing support from the tech billionaire.

Germany’s parliament has narrowly approved a call by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s main challenger to turn back many more migrants ...

The conservative CDU/CSU party is hardening its stance on irregular immigration. Others in Europe have already paved the way.

German election frontrunner Friedrich Merz succeeded on Wednesday in getting a motion passed in parliament that calls for a ...

Support for Germany's conservative bloc fell by three points in the days after its chancellor candidate said he would push ...

Friedrich Merz, likely the next chancellor, shocks the country by promising to control its borders.

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's CDU/CSU conservative bloc which is leading polls ahead of the Feb. 23 vote, is keen ...

Opening the door to leaning on support from the far-right is a gamble for Merz, who believes that his increasingly radical ...