Friedrich Merz broke a political taboo by aligning with the AfD on immigration, winning a symbolic vote but facing backlash and a major legislative defeat. German Christian Democratic Union (CDU ...

Before the Bundestag elections on 25 February tens of thousands protest against CDU lead candidate Friedrich Merz across Germany Over the weekend, tens of thousands of people took to the streets ...

Friedrich Merz , chairman of the conservative Chistian Democratic Union (CDU), believes he is set to become Germany's next chancellor after the general election on February 23. At the final party ...

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz also wants to cut taxes and deregulate the economy. And if the predictions hold true, he will soon be Germany’s new chancellor. Then again, and ...

Before the Bundestag elections on 25 February tens of thousands protest against CDU lead candidate Friedrich Merz across Germany Over the weekend, tens of thousands of people took to the streets ...

Friedrich Merz, the centre-Right leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, suffered a major political defeat on Friday when his migration bill backed by Alternative for Germany (AfD ...

Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor, is wagering that despite his country’s Nazi past, its voters aren’t all that different from other Europeans. As mainstream parties ...

Angry protesters in Hamburg, Munich, Cologne and Leipzig said that Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke Germany's unwritten post-Nazi promise by all democratic parties to never pass ...

Germany's opposition leader, Friedrich Merz, has come under fire for seeking support from far-right politicians for an immigration bill, ITV News' Correspondent Geraint Vincent reports Germany's ...

Conservative opposition leader and chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz faced a significant setback in parliament on Friday when his controversial anti-immigration bill was rejected after a heated ...

But this time 12 conservative lawmakers opted not to back the draft bill sponsored by their own leader Friedrich Merz, who opinion polls suggest will be Germany’s next chancellor after a ...