A week before the early federal elections in Germany, chancellor candidates from the AfD, CDU/CSU, SPD, and Greens engaged in a heated discussion on controversial issues...
On February 23, CDU leader Friedrich Merz, who is expected to become the new chancellor of Germany after the early federal elections, spoke to The Economist....
Olaf Scholz, the incumbent chancellor of the Social Democrats (SPD), and Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU), faced each other for the first...
According to the ARD Deutschlandtrend poll published in Germany on Thursday, Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is in first place with 31 percent of the...
Germany’s Christian Democrats (CDU) have taken a significant step, potentially breaching the established “firewall” policy against the far-right, by passing a motion on immigration with the...
Friedrich Merz, the politician likely to become Germany’s next chancellor, has vowed to restore Germany’s industrial competitiveness by putting climate policy on the back burner. In...
Ahead of the federal elections in Germany on 23 February, political parties are announcing their election programmes and chancellor candidates. Delegates of the Alternative for Germany...
Germany’s conservative opposition leader, Friedrich Merz, has called for a unified European strategy to establish a “common vision” for peace in Ukraine. During his visit to...
The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU), leading in opinion polls ahead of Germany’s upcoming elections on 23 February, have proposed significant...
Handelsblatt, one of Germany’s leading business newspapers, recently surveyed business leaders and readers on their views regarding a potential AfD-CDU coalition. The discussion gained momentum after...
