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

Its probable next leader talks about Ukraine, saving the economy and beating the AfD in an exclusive interview ...

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

Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader ...

Friedrich Merz’s high-stakes gamble to enlist ... election campaign and drawn condemnation from former chancellor Angela Merkel. The leader of the Christian Democrats, who is the frontrunner ...

Former chancellor’s intervention exposes deep rift within country’s conservatives over how to handle the far right’s rising ...

Friedrich Merz broke a political taboo by aligning ... burying the open borders policy of the last conservative Chancellor, Angela Merkel, which has become a deadly burden not only to her party ...

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