Chancellor hopeful Friedrich Merz criticizes Elon Musk’s support to far-right AfD party, his controversial posts about ...

I do not approve of someone in Trump’s orbit attempting such direct interference in Germany’s elections,” says Friedrich Merz.

In Germany, thousands protest far-right immigration bill  On Sunday, around 160,000 protesters took to the streets of Berlin ...

Even if Merz stumbles across the finish line and secures a coalition government, the death knell for Christian democracy may ...

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel has doubled down on her criticism of Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, leader ...

Support for Germany’s conservative opposition gained slightly in a new poll, suggesting CDU leader Friedrich Merz’s controversial push for tougher migration rules hasn’t hurt his election prospects.

Touting 'special' bonds like long-established economic ties and Turks contributing to German welfare, Chancellor Scholz ...

Merz's personal popularity is up four points in fresh polling released on Thursday – and his party gained too.

A heated week in German politics, prompted by conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz's divisive decision to lean on ...

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is Europe's longest-serving head of government – and the most polarizing. In an NZZ ...

Friedrich Merz hopes to lure away AfD supporters, but will he alienate voters in the ideological middle?