The former German chancellor said it was not right to remain silent after her party, the conservative CDU, relied on votes ...

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

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel's recent criticism of current conservative leader Friedrich Merz's migration policy ...

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to ...

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday urged politicians to dial back tensions ahead of elections this month ...

Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor, is wagering that despite his country’s Nazi past, its voters aren’t all that different from other Europeans. As mainstream parties ...

Angry protesters in Hamburg, Munich, Cologne and Leipzig said that Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke Germany’s unwritten post-Nazi promise by all democratic parties to never pass ...

Friedrich Merz broke a political taboo by aligning with ... At that time, a new extreme-right party, Die Republikaner (The Republicans), was gaining popularity and was hoping, as other extreme ...

Friedrich Merz has committed to implementing an explosive five-point plan on migration that could clash with his EPP allies. [Thierry Monasse/picture alliance via Getty Images] For months ...

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.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader ...