Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

German voters decide on 23 February who will run their next government, with Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian Democrats favourite to become the biggest party in power. Controlling immigration ...

At the end of January, the Bundestag supported the decision to tighten migration policy due to the votes of the far-right ...

More than 200,000 protesters rallied in Munich, Germany, on Saturday against far-right extremism ahead of the country's ...

More than 200,000 protesters have demonstrated in Munich against far-right extremism ahead of the German general election ...

Fresh protests against the extreme right drew massive crowds in Germany on Saturday, including 250,000 people in Munich, ...

The leaders of the CDU/CSU bloc, Friedrich Merz and Markus Söder, told their supporters in Nuremberg their victory would keep the far-right AfD at bay. But protesters across Germany are angry at the ...

Germany’s three strongest parties lost ground slightly in a new poll ahead of the nation’s snap election on 23 February, ...

An 80-year firewall has been shattered as the centre-right offers to team up with the far-right AfD to pass tougher ...

A crisis-ridden, politically unstable Germany is coping with a brash and unpredictable Trump presidency. Germans look set to alter course and push for more independence after snap elections on Feb. 23 ...

Friedrich Merz hopes to lure away AfD supporters, but will he alienate voters in the ideological middle?

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz took aim at the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) on Thursday, saying that any votes ...