BERLIN (AP) — Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is ...

If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.

As Germans prepare to vote on Feb. 23, an almighty argument over whether mainstream parties should work with the ...

The former chancellor can’t stand the America First policies that clash with her fellow travelers in international institutions.

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

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 with the ...

"The coming weeks will become a moment of truth for the conservative CDU and for Germany." Merz took over the CDU after Merkel, with whom he had often been at odds, stepped down as chancellor in 2021.

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