Friedrich Merz, a leading German political figure, has raised serious concerns about what he calls a “new and unsettling ...

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

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

The CDU's candidate for chancellor Friedrich Merz has travelled to Kyiv.

The way they’re pardoning people who have been sentenced to years in prison, that will have consequences for America,” Merz ...

In the run up to Germany’s snap general elections Jeremy Cliffe goes to Ludwigshafen, a symbol of Germany's economic woes.

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

Christian Democratic Union will neither enter coalition talks with the AfD nor form a minority government, ex-chairman Armin ...

The dispute over tightening Germany's migration policy continues. While CDU/CSU chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz wants to ...

The leaders of the four best-polling parties ahead of Germany's February 23 parliamentary election are set to take part in an ...