Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right AfD, after sparking outrage over his cooperation with the AfD last week.
The front-runner in Germany’s upcoming election says the far-right Alternative for Germany is his “most important opponent” ...
The centre-right CDU has been accused of breaking 'taboo' by putting forward a motion to the Bundestag for a stricter ...
As Germany enters the final few weeks of its election campaign, the man poised to be the next chancellor has doubled down on ...
Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz and his conservatives slump in poll after far-right backing for migration vote.
Friedrich Merz, nemesis of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, is confident that he will win the upcoming election — despite his ...
Merz, leader of the Christian Democrats, had sought to restrict immigration rules with the support of the Alternative for ...
Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...
Conservative leader’s gambit to weaken the postwar ‘firewall’ may be a boon for the AfD ahead of a national election.
The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank ...
A pho­to­graph accom­pa­ny­ing an art­icle on Janu­ary 31 showed mem­bers of Ger­many’s CDU party applaud­ing Friedrich Merz, not mem­bers of the AfD as wrongly stated in the cap­tion.
The CDU party chief, who leads in the polls to become the next chancellor, said he would collect votes from all parties to ...