The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank an ascendant far right spectacularly backfire in the ...

Merz, now 69, represents a sharp rightward turn from Merkel’s centrist legacy. His campaign motto is “A Germany we can be ...

Lawmakers in Germany's parliament Friday opened a debate on a package of harsh immigration measures brought by the ...

The country’s likely next chancellor wanted to focus on the economy—before suddenly betting everything on culture war.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's parliament is expected to vote Friday on an opposition bill calling for tougher rules on migration ...

Germany's conservative opposition leader was set Friday to again seek far-right support in parliament on the flashpoint issue ...

The recently published memoirs of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel are fuelling the present-day criticism of her legacy ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader ...

Friedrich Merz’s hard-line shift on migration is a calculated gambit by the German conservative leader to neutralize the far ...

Canada's central bank lowered its interest rate by 25 basis points to three per cent on Wednesday. Paul Beaudry, a professor at the University of British Columbia's Vancouver School of Economics, ...