Frontrunner in bid to become chancellor criticised for relying on AfD to pass parliamentary motion on migration laws ...

Polls show conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s Union leading ahead of the Feb. 23 election with around 30% support, while ...

The frontrunner to become chancellor has bold plans for economic reform, but a flirtation with the far-right has hurt his ...

BERLIN - Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised the leader of her Christian Democrats (CDU), Friedrich Merz, for ...

BERLIN (AP) — The front-runner in Germany's upcoming election said Monday that the far-right Alternative for Germany is his ...

BERLIN - Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country's ...

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

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to ...

BERLIN (AP) — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country's center-right leader, the front-runner in Germany's election next ...

FILE -Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during a reception of the North Rhine-Westphalian Christian Democratic Union, CDU, in Duesseldorf, Germany, Jan. 18, 2025 ...