The conservative leader wants to impose strict border controls after knife killings in Aschaffenburg this week.

Friedrich Merz, currently leading in polls to become German chancellor, said Thursday if elected he will impose strict border controls.

Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, frontrunner in polls to become the next chancellor, on Tuesday urged a united European stance in talks with US President Donald Trump. Merz also said Germany needed to get Poland "at the table as fast as possible" and praised Meloni of the post-fascist Brothers of Italy party,

Paris and Berlin are currently at odds on several files including trade agreements and what approach to take on China.

Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner to replace Chancellor Olaf Scholz after Germany's upcoming elections, is calling on the European Union to present a united front in response to US President-elect Donald Trump.

Der Auftritt von Friedrich Merz bei einem Blackrock-Termin stieß auf Kritik bei SPD-Fraktionschef Rolf Mützenich. Doch auch sein Parteifreund Jörg Kukies war bei dem Abendessen dabei.

Conservative leader Merz, front-runner to become next German chancellor, proposes EU-US energy and defense deals to establish constructive relationship with US President Trump - Anadolu Ajansı

Germany's election frontrunner says Europeans are waiting for Germany to take the lead on dealing with the new American president.

The country's upcoming vote could determine the future of its struggling economy and Europe's political stability

The EPP’s messaging is clear that the CDU will return in the driver’s seat, if Merz becomes Germany's chancellor.

Unions-Kanzlerkandidat Merz bereitet mit acht EU-Regierungschefs einen Kurswechsel in Europa vor - vom radikalen Bürokratieabbau bis zu neuer Härte in der Migrationspolitik. Was er vorhat, wer sich fü

FDP -Chef Christian Lindner hält die von Unionskanzlerkandidat Friedrich Merz in Aussicht gestellte Richtungsänderungen der deutschen Einwanderungspolitik für lange überfällig. "Merz kündigt einen radikalen Kurswechsel an. Diese Abkehr von der Merkel-Politik fordere ich seit Jahren", sagte Lindner der Deutschen Presse-Agentur.