Friedrich Merz’s high-stakes gamble to enlist the far right in pressuring the German government to tighten migration laws has upended the campaign three weeks before general elections.

The German Bundestag passed Friedrich Merz's five-point migration plan — which promised a dramatic tightening of the ...

Germany’s parliament has narrowly approved a call by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s main challenger to turn back many more migrants ...

CDU/CSU's passage of migration motion supported by AfD party has been widely condemned as a ‘dark day’ for German democracy - Anadolu Ajansı ...

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

Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become chancellor in February's election, is making waves by agreeing to work with the far ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's CDU/CSU conservative bloc which is leading polls ahead of the Feb. 23 vote, is keen ...

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

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

Germany's government and opposition parties duelled on Monday over rival border control policies, with opposition leader ...

Support for Germany's conservative bloc fell by three points in the days after its chancellor candidate said he would push ...

German election frontrunner Friedrich Merz succeeded on Wednesday in getting a motion passed in parliament that calls for a ...