On Wednesday, Merz pushed through a non-binding motion in favour of an immigration crackdown with support from the AfD, ...

Germany’s likely next chancellor wants tougher migration measures even with AfD support, triggering a fierce pre-election ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz may need support in the Bundestag from the AfD, a move that has attracted wide condemnation.

The conservative CDU/CSU party is hardening its stance on irregular immigration. Others in Europe have already paved the way.

BERLIN — With Germany’s election less than a month away, center-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz has thrown cold water on the prospect of reviving the country’s traditional grand coalition — bluntly ...

The breaking of a taboo among mainstream German parties on cooperation with the far right looks set to complicate efforts to ...

The front-runner to be Germany's next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has faced criticism for accepting support from the ...

Social Democrat Scholz warns that Merz's proposal for permanent border controls would violate EU law, damage the economy, and ...

The CDU party chief, who leads in the polls to become the next chancellor, said he would collect votes from all parties to ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who is seen as the frontrunner to become the country's next chancellor, said that ...

Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner to replace Chancellor Olaf Scholz after Germany's upcoming elections, is calling ...

R ARELY HAS the Bundestag known such drama. On January 29th, to scenes of uproar in Germany’s parliament, a tiny majority of ...