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

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

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

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

Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is fielding its first candidate to lead the country ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader, the front-runner in Germany’s election next month, for putting to parliam ...

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

"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.

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

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 ...