Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.

Party officials feel they can secure a blocking minority in the next Bundestag, the point when Weidel will become Germany’s ...

As the two frontrunners in Germany’s general election prepare to go head to head in the first televised debate, the former chancellor’s intervention is a sign of the concern within the political ...

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

My father will likely never come to one of my shows, writes Hajar Woodland, but he is in part what inspired me in the first place ...

Academy Award winner Rami Malek and Olivier Award winer Indira Varma star in a new production of Oedipus at the Old Vic, and ...

Reminders of Germany’s Nazi past are everywhere in the city of Pforzheim. Small brass “stumble stones” dotted through the streets mark the homes of Jewish people who were deported and murdered.

These are the key political figures in Germany's early elections on February 23, one of whom will be the country's next ...

He is seen as a potential future leader of Germany, offering a solution to Europe's crisis of confidence, according to his supporters. Friedrich Merz, a well-known figure in his conservative party's ...

But it was a lone voice of dissent that rocked the country’s political scene: Angela Merkel, the once-beloved former chancellor, who called Mr. Merz’s decision simply “wrong.” Ms. Merkel ...

Vance made his debut on the international stage by issuing a blistering attack on Europe for 'criminalizing' free speech and ...