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 ...

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

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

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, ...

Before then, however, she impeached Trump twice and maintained an iron grip over her party. This time, Democrats lack a strategy. The default position of co-operating with Trump where they can and ...