Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel has doubled down on her criticism of Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, leader ...

Merz had presented parliament with proposals for strict new immigration rules, which were supported by the partly far-right ...

The likely next chancellor wants to adopt the right-wing AfDs migration policies while still sidelining the party itself ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz took aim at the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) on Thursday, saying that any votes ...

It was a mix of surprise and bewilderment in Brussels last week when European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, a ...

A new premier in France and soon in Canada, a new coalition in Austria, new presidents in Georgia and Moldova despite ...

Even if Merz stumbles across the finish line and secures a coalition government, the death knell for Christian democracy may ...

So it was until last week, when it seemed all but certain that Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU ... against cooperation with the far right have weakened. From France to Austria, the ...

Friedrich Merz is chasing voters defecting to the buoyant AfD and says that his policies are “right even if the wrong people ...

Conservatives in Europe are increasingly entwined with more extreme forces but circumstances differ nation by nation ...

Friedrich Merz, a candidate for the position of chancellor of Germany, has expressed deep concern over recent developments in ...

A crisis-ridden, politically unstable Germany is coping with a brash and unpredictable Trump presidency. Germans look set to alter course and push for more independence after snap elections on Feb. 23 ...