Chancellor hopeful Friedrich Merz criticizes Elon Musk’s support to far-right AfD party, his controversial posts about ...

A heated week in German politics, prompted by conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz's divisive decision to lean on ...

Touting 'special' bonds like long-established economic ties and Turks contributing to German welfare, Chancellor Scholz ...

Support for Germany’s conservative opposition gained slightly in a new poll, suggesting CDU leader Friedrich Merz’s controversial push for tougher migration rules hasn’t hurt his election prospects.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is Europe's longest-serving head of government – and the most polarizing. In an NZZ ...

I do not approve of someone in Trump’s orbit attempting such direct interference in Germany’s elections,” says Friedrich Merz.

Even if Merz stumbles across the finish line and secures a coalition government, the death knell for Christian democracy may ...

Merz's personal popularity is up four points in fresh polling released on Thursday – and his party gained too.

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel has doubled down on her criticism of Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, leader ...

Friedrich Merz hopes to lure away AfD supporters, but will he alienate voters in the ideological middle?