Germany's Social Democrats are doubling down on criticism of conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, after a controversial bill on tighter migration policy tabled by his bloc was narrowly ...

Bill calling for tougher rules on migration widely criticised for undermining ‘firewall’ against working with far right.

The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank ...

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

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz suffered a shock setback in his bid to become chancellor after his effort to push ...

With cheers of surprise and shocked faces, Bundestag MPs narrowly rejected a migration bill on Friday pushed by the ...

Merz, leader of the Christian Democrats, had sought to restrict immigration rules with the support of the Alternative for ...

Germany's parliament faced the possibility of passing a law due to far-right support for the first time in post-war history, ...

The bill had the support of both Germany's conservatives and the far-right Alternative for Germany, which are leading in the ...

A vote in Germany's national parliament (Bundestag) has led to fears that the firewall supposedly separating mainstream <a target=_blank href=http ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned Wednesday that the initiative launched by the head of the conservative opposition and ...