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

Germany is heading toward a crucial election following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition ...

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

The conservative Christian Democrats have not suffered major damage in the polls despite having accepted support from the far ...

Three of Germany's best-known corporate leaders spoke out on Thursday against what they called growing hostility to ...

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

Even if Merz stumbles across the finish line and secures a coalition government, the death knell for Christian democracy may ...

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

German Green politician Annalena Baerbock contended that her party remains unified in its asylum policy stance in an ...

At 99, and after having survived three concentration camps, this citizen decided to return the Order of Merit after the ...

An ultimately failed tightening of German asylum policy with the help of the votes of the right-wing populist Alternative for ...

In the United States, as in Europe, the advent of national citizenship has mirrored and fueled the growth and centralization ...