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

Candidates for the post of Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz have repeatedly manipulated figures, as well as cited false facts during the recent television duel, the ZDF TV channel notes.

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

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

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

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

Germany's centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday accused his conservative election rival of planning an immigration crackdown that would "bury Europe".

Friedrich Merz, nemesis of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, is confident that he will win the upcoming election — despite his ...

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

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

An 80-year firewall has been shattered as the centre-right offers to team up with the far-right AfD to pass tougher ...

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