Friedrich Merz broke a political taboo by aligning with the AfD on immigration, winning a symbolic vote but facing backlash ...

He held the ceremonial post of German president after a finance-focused career. Shortly into his second term, he became the ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz ... was passed with support from the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD), breaking a long-held political taboo in Germany.

The former chancellor can’t stand the America First policies that clash with her fellow travelers in international ...

Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...

Germany's conservative opposition party is set to team up with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to tackle migration - prompting anger from former Chancellor Angela Merkel. CDU leader ...

BERLIN — Germany’s former leader Angela Merkel has exposed a deep rift within the country’s conservative movement, slamming her party’s top brass over how it’s handling the rise of the far right. The ...

Angela Merkel, after all, led Europe’s largest and richest state ... But when she was two, her father—a Lutheran pastor—moved the family to East Germany, the German Democratic Republic, and settled in ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday criticized her opposition centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) for ...

"The coming weeks will become a moment of truth for the conservative CDU and for Germany." Merz took over the CDU after Merkel, with whom he had often been at odds, stepped down as chancellor in 2021.