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

Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz on Wednesday called on voters to give him a strong mandate to ...

The world’s third largest economy goes to the polls Sunday under the shadow of unusually brusque interventions from the Trump ...

An economic slump, an immigration crisis and the lifting of a security blanket provided for decades by the U.S. are issues on ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused his conservative rival Friedrich Merz of being ready to cooperate with the ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused his election rival Friedrich Merz of having broken his word by accepting ...

Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right AfD, after sparking outrage over his cooperation with the AfD last week.

Merz and his party attempted last week to push a series of tough measures on asylum seekers through parliament with the support of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), a taboo-breaking gambit ...

Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday clashed with opposition leader Friedrich Merz in a heated debate, accusing him of accepting favours from the far-right AfD party.

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the opposition CDU, used the backing of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to see a non-binding resolution on border policy passed in parliament last week.

In their first and only one-on-one live TV debate ahead of the February 23 vote, centre-left Scholz -- who is hoping for a late comeback amid poor poll ratings -- went on the offensive against the ...