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 ...

The German parliament narrowly rejected on Friday an opposition-sponsored bill calling for tougher rules on migration that ...

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

Germany's conservatives doubled down Friday on allowing the far-right AfD to back their pre-election push to restrict ...

Leading politicians in Germany are calling for mass returns, echoing President Donald Trump’s plan to expel undocumented ...

In Germany, massive crowds of demonstrators took to the streets to protest against two mainstream conservative parties — Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, and Christian Social Union, or CSU — ...

In a dramatic swing to the right, Friedrich Merz’s CDU is proposing Germany breaches EU law by closing its borders to ...

Germany's parliament faced the possibility of passing a law due to far-right support for the first time in post-war history, after last-minute talks to find a compromise to avert the vote to tighten ...

The country’s likely next chancellor wanted to focus on the economy—before suddenly betting everything on culture war.

German party leaders were engaged in furious last-minute talks on Friday, delaying a high-stakes debate on an immigration ...