German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become the next chancellor, has called for stronger security measures after a car ploughed into a trade union rally in Munich, injuring ...

The opposition leader is expected to be Germany’s next chancellor. No one knows if he has what it takes to steer his country ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz from the left-leaning SPD and his main rival Friedrich Merz from the conservative CSU/CDU bloc ...

Last week, the CDU broke the mainstream parties' so-called firewall of noncooperation with the far-right Alternative for ...

Friedrich Merz, CDU candidate for chancellor and CDU federal chairman speaks at the 37th federal party conference of the CDU ...

Friedrich Merz, the center-right CDU’s chancellor candidate and current frontrunner, is calling for the military to reclaim its place at the “center of society” and wants to scrap civil clauses.

Wednesday's vote, which had passed with AfD backing, prompted nationwide protests, a high-profile resignation from Merz's CDU party, and rebukes from former Chancellor Angela Merkel, a predecessor as ...

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz also wants to cut taxes and deregulate the economy. And if the predictions hold true, he will soon be Germany’s new chancellor. Then again, and ...

Although the bill narrowly failed, all of the AfD voted with Merz. Twelve members of his own CDU party refused to back him. Merz’s courting of the far right is widely seen as politically unnecessary, ...

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The Bundestag rejected a second bill on Friday calling for stricter immigration rules in Germany. The first proposal, which passed with votes from the far-right Alternative for Germany party ...

which is polling second in most surveys behind Merz’s conservative bloc, is being monitored by German security services on suspicion of right-wing extremism. Thousands protested outside the CDU ...