Lawmakers from the incoming chancellor’s CDU party signal an end to the “firewall” that saw mainstream politicians refuse to ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany's next chancellor. Friedrich Merz, chairman of the conservative Christian Democratic ...

The ‘firewall’ against the far-right, neo-Nazi party AfD in Germany, which has so far prevented the party’s involvement in ...

Even as Friedrich Merz of the CDU/CSU bloc has struck a deal to form a government in Germany, the far-right AfD has emerged ...

The announcement of a governing coalition formalizes what appeared destined to happen after February's election.

Friedrich Merz and his conservative Christian Democratic Union must now persuade Germans that he can fix the economy and get ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become Germany's 10th ... thanks to votes from the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party. That prompted his opponents to accuse Merz of breaking a taboo ...

Friedrich Merz faces fierce internal criticism and sees his conservative base threatens to break after agreements with the ...

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz clinched a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday, ...

AfD’s new position may also shutter talks of outright banning the party, a controversial proposal that split mainstream ...

Germany must accept fewer than 100,000 asylum seekers a year because its public services are “overwhelmed” by immigrants, the ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has unveiled a new coalition deal between the country’s two major centrist ...