I do not approve of someone in Trump’s orbit attempting such direct interference in Germany’s elections,” says Friedrich Merz.

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 ...

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

The CDU/CSU parties broke a long-held taboo in German politics last week by relying on far-right votes to push through a bill ...

Merz's personal popularity is up four points in fresh polling released on Thursday – and his party gained too.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is Europe's longest-serving head of government – and the most polarizing. In an NZZ ...

But fewer people now trust Chancellor hopeful Friedrich Merz not to veer to the right.Tensions are rising as the German ...

Friedrich Merz hopes to lure away AfD supporters, but will he alienate voters in the ideological middle?