In countries across Europe, nativist far-right political parties have dramatically expanded their vote share in recent years, ...

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's outgoing government on Wednesday extended by six months the border checks it imposed on all its ...

Friedrich Merz has pledged to take a leading role in uniting the continent in its response to U.S. President Donald Trump.

Dogged by protesters, but apparently safe from damage in the polls, Friedrich Merz is putting a failed immigration gambit ...

Friedrich Merz, the leading candidate for Germany’s next chancellor, has said that Europe must be united in foreign, security ...

IT IS A calm and confident Friedrich Merz who greets The Economist on February 7th at a luxury golf resort in Stromberg, a ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused his conservative rival Friedrich Merz of being ready to cooperate with the ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has described President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. could take ownership of the ...

Center-right and center-left chancellor candidates clashed in a fiery debate, exposing deep divisions just weeks ahead of a ...

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 ...