Germany's conservative election front-runner Friedrich Merz was set to outline his plans on immigration and the economy at a party congress ...

In trying to avoid the mistakes of the past, Germany’s liberal politicians are pushing their country right back toward them. One of the most pointless cliches holds that “those who do not learn from ...

Comment: Christian Democratic Union leader Friedrich Merz risking a joint parliamentary vote with the far-right AfD was not a move to enable them. Indeed, his actions were designed to avoid further ...

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

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Berlin to protest what they see as a breach of a taboo in post-war German ...

Conservative leader’s gambit to weaken the postwar ‘firewall’ may be a boon for the AfD ahead of a national election.