The first televised debate ahead of the federal elections in Germany took place between incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused his main rival in Germany’s upcoming election of “constant about turns,” while Friedrich Merz, the opposition leader and front-runner, accused Scholz of leaving ...

Its probable next leader talks about Ukraine, saving the economy and beating the AfD in an exclusive interview ...

The "e-patient file for all" is causing a stir. If Merz (CDU) has his way, privacy will soon cost extra. Anyone who is ...

Friedrich Merz ... three years of mainly green economic policy, we are now faced with the need to re-establish the market economy in our country,” Merz told delegates at the Christian Democratic ...

but Merz accused him of “wishful thinking” and “living in a different world” to German citizens. The knife rampage was the latest in a series of deadly attacks that have darkened the mood ...

Standing ovations with slow, rhythmic applause are the order of the day at each campaign appearance of CDU leader Friedrich ... of all this is how Merz, a self-anointed economic expert, has ...

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to toughen rules on immigration. It did not pay off. By Christopher F.

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative ... attracts an increasing number of young people, particularly men. World leaders rubbed shoulders with 56 survivors of Hitler's death ...

BERLIN — The front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has prompted fierce backlash after relying on far-right votes to push a motion through parliament — breaking a ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on Thursday for pushing through a bill on tighter immigration control ...

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as exhilarating. And yet his explosive bid to tighten migration rules with the ...