Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz and his conservatives slump in poll after far-right backing for migration vote.

Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right AfD, after sparking outrage over his cooperation with the AfD last week.

The centre-right CDU has been accused of breaking 'taboo' by putting forward a motion to the Bundestag for a stricter ...

As Germany enters the final few weeks of its election campaign, the man poised to be the next chancellor has doubled down on ...

Friedrich Merz , chairman of the conservative Chistian Democratic Union (CDU), believes he is set to become Germany's next chancellor after the general election on February 23. At the final party conf ...

The front-runner in Germany's upcoming election says the far-right Alternative for Germany is his "most important opponent" ...

A pho­to­graph accom­pa­ny­ing an art­icle on Janu­ary 31 showed mem­bers of Ger­many’s CDU party applaud­ing Friedrich Merz, not mem­bers of the AfD as wrongly stated in the cap­tion.

Immigration has become the most hotly-debated topic in the German election campaign. Here's a guide to leading parties' ...

After years of pandering to far-right talking points, Germany is on the brink of voting in the AfD — and it only has itself ...

As Germany enters the final few weeks of its election campaign, CNN’s Senior International Correspondent, Frederik Pleitgen asks Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner for German Chancellor and leader of the ...