Protests have erupted across Germany in the wake of two contentious parliamentary votes on immigration, with marchers venting ...

Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...

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

Polls show conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s Union leading ahead of the Feb. 23 election with around 30% support, while ...

The conservative front-runner to become the next German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, on Sunday criticized the tariffs imposed ...

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

The bill’s defeat — after Merz secured the passage of a similar motion on Wednesday — suggests that some of his own ...

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

Germany’s likely next chancellor wants tougher migration measures even with far-right support, triggering a backlash ahead of ...

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

A non-binding motion to restrict immigration has sparked outrage after citizens said the conservative CDU/CSU broke a promise not to work with the far-right AfD. Protesters in Berlin gathered outside ...

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 ...