As the crisis-ridden nation prepares for Feb. 23 elections, the only point most Germans agree on is that things aren’t going ...

This same incrementalism runs through much of what Mr Merz says. Even if talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin lead ...

The vote weakens opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who had faced criticism for aligning with the AfD. Listen to Story Conservatives failed to unite on the bill Opposition leader Friedrich Merz's ...

The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank an ascendant far right spectacularly backfire in the Bundestag.

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz also wants to cut taxes and deregulate the economy. And if the predictions hold true, he will soon be Germany’s new chancellor. Then again, and ...

The Bundestag was set to debate and vote on a law to tighten immigration controls that had been moved by conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz. Mr Merz, whose bloc leads in polls ahead of ...

He has also been accused of breaking his former pledge not to work with AfD in the Bundestag, but Mr Merz has defended his actions as "necessary". Friedrich Merz speaks at a debate about migration ...

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz has put demands for a more restrictive approach to migration at the center of his campaign for the Feb. 23 election since a deadly knife attack last week by a ...

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Hold on: It’s been a roller coaster week in German politics, thanks to the taboo-breaking tactics of conservative leader and frontrunner to be the next chancellor, Friedrich Merz. Historic vote: On ...

Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L) listens to Friedrich Merz (R), Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and parliamentary group leader of the CDU/Christian Social Union in ...

The country's favourite to become next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, proposed a motion asking, among other points, for the end of family reunification for those with subsidiary protection and ...