The bill’s defeat — after Merz secured the passage of a similar motion on Wednesday — suggests that some of his own ...

The former German chancellor said it was not right to remain silent after her party, the conservative CDU, relied on votes ...

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

Former German leader reiterates swipe at chancellor candidate from her own Christian Democratic Union ahead of Feb. 23 ...

Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right AfD, after sparking outrage over his cooperation with the AfD last week.

Over the past decade and beyond, the CDU has undergone a significant identity shift under former Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to ...

Friedrich Merz, chancellor candidate of Germany’s Christian Democrats, stumbled in his bid to end Social Democrat-Greens ...

As Germany enters the final few weeks of its election campaign, the man poised to be the next chancellor has doubled down on ...

It was perhaps the most dramatic week for German politics in decades as the Bundestag on Friday held three nail-biting votes ...

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

Protesters accuse Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats of breaking Germany’s unwritten post-Nazi promise to never pass ...