Even if Merz stumbles across the finish line and secures a coalition government, the death knell for Christian democracy may ...

I do not approve of someone in Trump’s orbit attempting such direct interference in Germany’s elections,” says Friedrich Merz.

Support for Germany’s conservative opposition gained slightly in a new poll, suggesting CDU leader Friedrich Merz’s ...

Sankt Ingbert, Germany - February 06, 2025 The president of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and candidate for chancellor, Friedrich Merz, delivers a speech during a campaign event in Sankt ...

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel has doubled down on her criticism of Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, leader ...

Merz's personal popularity is up four points in fresh polling released on Thursday – and his party gained too.

Millions are set to go to the polls in key energy economies in 2025 as politicians seek to woo electorates with security, the cost of living, exploitation of natural resources and decarbonisation ...

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is Europe's longest-serving head of government – and the most polarizing. In an NZZ ...

I carefully studied the Ukrainian media yesterday. First of all, UNIAN (Ukrainian Independent News Agency). What is most ...

The shots fired in last May’s assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico were not the first -or the only- to target a politician whose authoritarian drift has not stopped him from ...

German factory orders surged in December, adding to evidence that the outlook for the beleaguered sector may be improving.

Friedrich Merz hopes to lure away AfD supporters, but will he alienate voters in the ideological middle?