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

“This really is democracy’s last bullet,” said CSU leader Markus Söder. While he was referring to the threat from the far ...

Last January Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) were ahead in the German opinion polls by fifteen points. She was stepping down after sixteen years as chancellor (prime minister), but she ...

A group of senior Conservative MPs has met with German sister parties to discuss how to recover from their 2024 general ...

BERLIN — German lawmakers will gather in early May to elect Friedrich Merz as chancellor after his conservative bloc sealed a ...

Friedrich Merz said immigration figures 'need to significantly' come down below six figures amid pressure on public services ...

After weeks of negotiations and ideological adjustments, Germany’s conservative and centre-left parties have sealed a ...

Despite Donald Trump’s lurch into protectionism and coercion, Friedrich Merz believes a transatlantic trade deal can still be ...