Over the past decade and beyond, the CDU has undergone a significant identity shift under former Chancellor Angela Merkel.

These are dramatic days in the usually dull world of German politics. Last Wednesday, midway through a fiercely fought ...

On Wednesday, Merz pushed through a non-binding motion in favour of an immigration crackdown with support from the AfD, ...

Germany’s conservatives are desperate to avoid a three-party coalition, but the outcome depends on how many small parties ...

Ever since the end of World War II, Germany's mainstream political parties have vowed to not work with extremist right-wing ...

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

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to take his hard-line immigration push to the next level despite a growing ...

The richest man in the world is backing far-right parties against a political establishment that has failed to deliver.

The new White House portraits of the first lady and the president tell a story of hard-nosed power and all-encompassing anger ...

Friedrich Merz’s hard-line shift on migration is a calculated gambit by the German conservative leader to neutralize the far ...

Lately, liberal elites have stepped up their denunciation of so-called populists. Donald Trump, Javier Milei, Georgia Meloni, ...