Merz, now 69, represents a sharp rightward turn from Merkel’s centrist legacy. His campaign motto is “A Germany we can be ...

Germany's lower house narrowly rejected a controversial immigration bill pushed by the opposition and supported by the far ...

Ever since the end of World War II, Germany's mainstream political parties have vowed to not work with extremist right-wing ...

The CDU relied on AfD to pass a motion for the controversial bill, breaking a decades-long tradition of excluding the ...

Over 1,000 of people protested in the eastern German city of Erfurst on Friday against efforts by the centre-right Christian ...

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to ...

Despite the defeat on Friday in the German parliament of his proposed immigration law, conservative leader Friedrich Merz ...

The German parliament narrowly rejected on Friday a bill sponsored by conservatives and the far right calling for stricter ...

A majority of Germans believe the country should accept fewer refugees, according to the latest Deutschlandtrend poll.

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz has put demands for a more restrictive approach to migration at the centre of his campaign ...

GERMANY’S parliament rejected legislation yesterday calling for stricter immigration rules. MPs cast 338 votes in favour, but there were 350 against and five abstentions. This followed a non-binding ...

Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz defiantly vowed Friday to pass a bill to restrict immigration with ...