Intensive high-level talks were under way in the German capital on Friday, hours ahead of a highly controversial planned vote ...

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

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament is expected to vote Friday on an opposition bill calling for tougher rules on migration ...

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

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

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

The centre-right CDU party leader sparked fierce backlash on Wednesday for accepting the far right's support in pushing a ...

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

The vote, expected on Friday, adds to a controversy about the attitude of the front-runner in Germany’s upcoming election ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on ...

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

Election posters at a street in Duesseldorf, Germany, show the top candidates for chancellor, Robert Habeck of the Green Party, Friedrich Merz of the CDU and Olaf Scholz for the SPD, from left, prior ...