Its probable next leader talks about Ukraine, saving the economy and beating the AfD in an exclusive interview ...

The first televised debate ahead of the federal elections in Germany took place between incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD ...

The front-runner to become Germany's next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has expressed optimism about constructive European cooperation with US President Donald Trump. "I think he will be an interesting ...

President Volodymyr Zelensky separately met with German opposition leader Friedrich Merz and Israeli President Isaac Herzog ...

Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner in the German election, vowed to hold course on his disputed plan to limit ...

The "e-patient file for all" is causing a stir. If Merz (CDU) has his way, privacy will soon cost extra. Anyone who is ...

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to toughen rules on immigration. It did not pay off. By Christopher F.

Standing ovations with slow, rhythmic applause are the order of the day at each campaign appearance of CDU leader Friedrich ... of all this is how Merz, a self-anointed economic expert, has ...

Speaking to CNN in Berlin following his Christian Democratic Party’s (CDU) convention, Friedrich ... Trump’s economic measures against some of the US’s closest allies, Merz was clear that ...

BERLIN — The front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has prompted fierce backlash after relying on far-right votes to push a motion through parliament — breaking a ...

Start here Germany's center-left governing parties have cast doubt on whether conservative leader Friedrich Merz can still be trusted not to bring the far-right Alternative for Germany ...