As Germans prepare to vote on Feb. 23, an almighty argument over whether mainstream parties should work with the ...
Friedrich Merz’s high-stakes gamble to enlist the far right in pressuring the German government to tighten migration laws has upended the campaign three weeks before general elections.
Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...
Former chancellor’s intervention exposes deep rift within country’s conservatives over how to handle the far right’s rising ...
Merz, now 69, represents a sharp rightward turn from Merkel’s centrist legacy. His campaign motto is “A Germany we can be ...
Angela Merkel criticized her successor, Friedrich Merz, for collaborating with the far-right in passing an immigration bill.
The CDU relied on AfD to pass a motion for the controversial bill, breaking a decades-long tradition of excluding the ...
Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to ...