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 ...

The Christian Democrats have vividly demonstrated that they will not be dissuaded from embracing the Alternative for Germany ...

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

Support for Germany's conservative CDU/CSU alliance has dropped to 28% ahead of elections on February 23, a poll showed on ...

In an interview with the German broadcaster ARD in August 2023, Friedrich Merz, the conservative leader of the Christian ...

After years of pandering to far-right talking points, Germany is on the brink of voting in the AfD — and it only has itself ...

Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right ...

The conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party on Monday adopted an "immediate program" on immigration and the economy that its candidate for chancellor, Friedrich Merz, wants to implement ...

The front-runner in Germany's upcoming election says the far-right Alternative for Germany is his "most important opponent" ...

As Germany enters the final few weeks of its election campaign, the man poised to be the next chancellor has doubled down on ...

In trying to avoid the mistakes of the past, Germany’s liberal politicians are pushing their country right back toward them. One of the most pointless cliches holds that “those who do not learn from ...