As for the roots of Germans’ despair, there’s a long list. Start with an economy that has flatlined for five years amid ...

The top contender to be Germany’s next chancellor, opposition leader Merz, lauds Ankara’s strategic geopolitical position ...

With cheers of surprise and shocked faces , Bundestag MPs narrowly rejected a migration bill on Friday pushed by the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and backed by the far-right ...

He held the ceremonial post of German president after a finance-focused career. Shortly into his second term, he became the ...

Having ousted Angela Merkel’s Union (an alliance between the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU)) in 2021, things could have – should have – ...

Friedrich Merz, Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) Chairman and CDU/Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) parliamentary group leader in the German Bundestag, walks from his office to ...

DW looks at the main parties' campaign platforms.Germany' s center-right bloc of Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU), called for stricter migration policy and swifter deportations during a debate in Germany's parliament.

POLITICO has processed 35 years’ worth of election data to find out why this month’s vote is messier than ever ― and what will happen next.

The conservative Christian Democrats haven't sustained major damage despite having accepted support from the Alternative for Germany ... right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), currently leading ...

In a first, the motion passed with Merz’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU ... workers. Germany is home to the largest Syrian diaspora outside the Middle East.

Protesters say CDU head Friedrich Merz broke post-Nazi norm of never passing any rule with the support of far-right parties. People hold placards during a protest against the migration plans of ...