The CDU's candidate for chancellor Friedrich Merz has travelled to Kyiv.

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

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

Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz and his conservatives slump in poll after far-right backing for migration vote.

Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right AfD, after sparking outrage over his cooperation with the AfD last week.

Merz, leader of the Christian Democrats, had sought to restrict immigration rules with the support of the Alternative for ...

The centre-right CDU has been accused of breaking 'taboo' by putting forward a motion to the Bundestag for a stricter ...

The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank ...

Conservative leader’s gambit to weaken the postwar ‘firewall’ may be a boon for the AfD ahead of a national election.

Merz, whose centre-right bloc currently tops the polls, is toughening his stance on migration ahead of federal elections next ...

The CDU party chief, who leads in the polls to become the next chancellor, said he would collect votes from all parties to ...

Christian Democrat leader tells Anadolu that European allies must strengthen cooperation with Türkiye on shared foreign ...