Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, has vowed to bring stronger leadership in Europe at a ...

Alternative for Germany appears to be headed for the strongest showing by a far-right party since World War II in Sunday’s ...

A marked moment of political severance came at the end of January, when Friedrich Merz pushed through a non-binding motion on ...

Germany holds its snap national election on Sunday following the collapse of Olaf Scholz's three-way coalition, and the ...

Friedrich Merz, who is poised to become Germany’s chancellor in a CDU-led government, has extensive experience as a lawyer ...

The far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) won the second-largest share of the votes in the German election, it's the ...

Exit polls suggest that Friedrich Merz, the candidate for the conservative Christian Democrats who has vowed to bring ...

German nationals are heading to the ballots on February 23, with the country's current Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, down in ...

Friedrich Merz, a conservative rival of Angela Merkel, is on track to become the next chancellor, though the far-right AfD is ...

The leader of the victorious CDU, Friedrich Merz, has a checkered history in German politics— from challenging Angela Merkel, ...

The deeper rot in German governance will require more fundamental reforms than any coalition is likely to deliver.

Voters give the center-right a chance to govern, but the AfD lurks to take advantage of failure.