The man likely to lead Germany's next government says there would be no cooperation with the far-right AfD. Friedrich Merz's ...

As elections approach, leader of the opposition CDU presents voters with a centre-right cocktail that is remixed on a daily ...

An 80-year firewall has been shattered as the centre-right offers to team up with the far-right AfD to pass tougher ...

Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right ...

Both the US and Germany have similar issues of mass migration ... Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The ...

The former German chancellor said it was not right to remain silent after her party, the conservative CDU, relied on votes ...

Over the past decade and beyond, the CDU has undergone a significant identity shift under former Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The Christian Democrats have vividly demonstrated that they will not be dissuaded from embracing the Alternative for Germany ...

Over the weekend, tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Germany to protest against the CDU and AfD.

Up to 700,000 people demonstrated in towns throughout Germany on 1-2 Feb after the Bundestag (German Parliament) voted to ...

Protests have erupted across Germany in the wake of two contentious parliamentary votes on immigration, with marchers venting anger at the conservative bloc for breaking the taboo on collaborating ...

It was perhaps the most dramatic week for German politics in decades as the Bundestag on Friday held three nail-biting votes ...