Germany's Christian Democratic Union taps Friedrich Merz as its candidate for chancellor in next national election ...

Germany’s opposition center-right Christian Democratic Union has chosen its leader Friedrich Merz to be its candidate for ...

After strong showings in two other state elections in eastern Germany, the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's Christian Democratic Union taps Friedrich Merz as its candidate for chancellor in next national election.

Merz, who took over as party leader in 2022, has since taken the CDU farther to the right, in a bid to reclaim votes from far ...

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CDU leader Merz has postponed a meeting with Erdogan to convince his colleagues to make him Germany's next leader ...

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German conservative leader Friedrich Merz signaled his CDU/CSU alliance is unlikely to partner with the Greens if it wins ...

"Discussions about the candidate for the post of chancellor from the CDU/CSU bloc are likely to be put to an end: Friedrich ...

German politics have always been under transatlantic pressure, yet today's far-right/left movements may challenge that ...