Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

The CDU/CSU parties broke a long-held taboo in German politics last week by relying on far-right votes to push through a bill ...

The conservative Christian Democrats have not suffered major damage in the polls despite having accepted support from the far ...

Fresh protests against the extreme right drew massive crowds in Germany on Saturday, including 250,000 people in Munich, ...

Angela Merkel, the former Chancellor of Germany, firmly defends her criticism of the CDU for cooperating with the AfD, ...

Support for Germany's conservative CDU/CSU alliance has dropped to 28% ahead of elections on February 23, a poll showed on ...

An 80-year firewall has been shattered as the centre-right offers to team up with the far-right AfD to pass tougher ...

Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right AfD, ...

The front-runner in Germany’s upcoming election says the far-right Alternative for Germany is his “most important opponent” ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) gained three percentage points after refusing to support a divisive ...

The conservatives in Germany are proposing a crackdown on migration policies - including citizenship laws - after the fatal ...

The conservative Christian Democrats haven't sustained major damage despite having accepted support from the Alternative for Germany. But fewer people now trust chancellor hopeful Friedrich Merz not ...