Former German chancellor Angela Merkel's recent criticism of current conservative leader Friedrich Merz's migration policy ...

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

I do not approve of someone in Trump’s orbit attempting such direct interference in Germany’s elections,” says Friedrich Merz.

Sankt Ingbert, Germany - February 06, 2025 The president of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and candidate for chancellor, Friedrich Merz, delivers a speech during a campaign event in Sankt ...

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

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

The CDU/CSU parties broke a long-held taboo in German politics last week by relying on far-right votes to push through a bill ...

Millions are set to go to the polls in key energy economies in 2025 as politicians seek to woo electorates with security, the cost of living, exploitation of natural resources and decarbonisation ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz took aim at the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) on Thursday, saying that any votes ...

I carefully studied the Ukrainian media yesterday. First of all, UNIAN (Ukrainian Independent News Agency). What is most ...

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is Europe's longest-serving head of government – and the most polarizing. In an NZZ ...

The shots fired in last May’s assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico were not the first -or the only- to target a politician whose authoritarian drift has not stopped him from ...