The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank ...
Merz, now 69, represents a sharp rightward turn from Merkel’s centrist legacy. His campaign motto is “A Germany we can be ...
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader ...
If the law had passed, it would have been the first in the country’s modern history to do so thanks to the support of the far-right.
Favorite to be next German chancellor loses bid to use AfD support to push through immigration law, after days of turmoil over weakening of Germany’s “firewall.” ...
Chancellor Scholz says rival Merz joining forces with far-right party in parliament to introduce stricter migration ...
The CDU party chief, who leads in the polls to become the next chancellor, said he would collect votes from all parties to ...
Germany’s likely next chancellor wants tougher migration measures even with AfD support, triggering a fierce pre-election ...
German opposition leader Friedrich Merz has floated proposing legislation to tighten Germany's border controls, and claimed ...
Friedrich Merz, the German election frontrunner, passed a controversial migration motion in parliament, advocating stricter asylum policies. The motion, opposed by Chancellor Scholz's Social Democrats ...
Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to ...