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

The front-runner to be Germany's next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has faced criticism for accepting support from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. View on euronews ...

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

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby ...

Angela Merkel wrote a 736-page memoir to secure her ... The reaction is accelerating the already-sharp downturn Merkel’s standing has taken since she left office. For most of her 16 years ...

Angela Merkel — three years after stepping down as chancellor ... to rely on far-right votes to pass an anti-immigration motion in parliament. The deal broke a long-standing commitment to isolate the ...

Angela Merkel served as chancellor of Germany for four consecutive four-year terms, from 2005 to 2021. Only Helmut Kohl had a longer stint at the helm of a democratic Deutschland—and he was in ...

But who is the old-school conservative who wants to rid his party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), of former leader Angela Merkel’s centrist legacy? His long-time rival’s decision to ...

(CNN) — Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and a love of aviation, is the favorite to become the country’s next chancellor in the ...