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

The CDU party chief, who leads in the polls to become the next chancellor, said he would collect votes from all parties to ...

Favorite to be next German chancellor loses bid to use AfD support to push through immigration law, after days of turmoil ...

Friedrich Merz, nemesis of former Chancellor Angela ... any authority over their children, who he described as "little pashas." This attracted much controversy at the time, though now you don ...

CDU chief Friedrich Merz, the election frontrunner ... a deadly knife attack a week ago against a group of kindergarten children. Speaking after the parliamentary defeat, Merz said he regretted ...

Trying to seize the initiative on asylum policy after an Afghan asylum seeker was arrested for a deadly knife attack targeting children last week, opposition leader Friedrich Merz vowed to close ...