Friedrich Merz and his conservative Christian Democratic Union must now persuade Germans that he can fix the economy and get ...

Lawmakers from the incoming chancellor’s CDU party signal an end to the “firewall” that saw mainstream politicians refuse to ...

Even as Friedrich Merz of the CDU/CSU bloc has struck a deal to form a government in Germany, the far-right AfD has emerged ...

Germany's incoming coalition government is seeking a common position on how to deal with the far-right Alternative for ...

The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) bloc and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) enjoy ...

Modern politics can be brutally unforgiving for incumbent politicians. Yet, for incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz, ...

AfD’s new position may also shutter talks of outright banning the party, a controversial proposal that split mainstream ...

The ‘firewall’ against the far-right, neo-Nazi party AfD in Germany, which has so far prevented the party’s involvement in ...

Friedrich Merz faces fierce internal criticism and sees his conservative base threatens to break after agreements with the ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has unveiled a new coalition deal between the country’s two major centrist ...

Details on a political deal to form a new German coalition government will be presented Wednesday by the conservative ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany's next chancellor. He has a checkered history in German politics — from challenging ...