As Germans prepare to vote on Feb. 23, an almighty argument over whether mainstream parties should work with the ...
Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...
The former German Chancellor has publicly criticised her former party in the wake of far-right AfD's rising popularity.
Without the migration policies since 2015, the AfD wouldn’t be anywhere near this strong,” says Vienna’s former conservative ...
Merz, now 69, represents a sharp rightward turn from Merkel’s centrist legacy. His campaign motto is “A Germany we can be ...
The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank ...
Wild verbal battles in the Bundestag, loud demonstrations on the streets, talk of betrayal and of taboos being broken: it has been an extraordinary few days in German politics. On Friday, parliament ...
Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to ...