Friedrich Merz and his conservatives view Angela Merkel’s legacy as a liability in their battle with the far right.

It was a defining image of the Merkel years: the German chancellor leaning across a table at the G7 summit in 2018, looming ...

Polling data in home town of Friedrich Merz, Germany’s frontrunner to be next chancellor, are worry for main parties ...

Following another tragedy in Germany, opposition leader Friedrich Merz has called for a tightening of migration policy, ...

The country’s perennial yearning for reassurance is still dominating discourse — but this time around, it’s likely to be in ...

Upon assuming the chancellorship of Germany in 2005, Merkel made history not only as the first female leader of the federal republic but also as the first Ossi, as those of East German origin are ...

However, some Germans blame the CDU, and in particular Merz's predecessor and longtime chancellor Angela Merkel, for ...

Germany’s opposition leader has vowed to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has urged the preservation of Europe's transatlantic partnership with the United States ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday. The ...

Donald Trump's return to the White House has darkened the mood in Germany a month before elections, as multiple crises shake ...

A co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) will attend the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald ...

Elon Musk livestreamed his chat with a leader of Germany’s far-right party, using the power of his social media platform, X, to amplify the party’s message ahead of an upcoming national election ...