BERLIN - Opposition leader Friedrich Merz, leading in the race to become Germany's next chancellor, pledged on Monday to ...

The conservative leader wants to impose strict border controls after knife killings in Aschaffenburg this week.

Four weeks before Germany’s snap election, the political temperature is rising as the campaign shifts onto the contentious ...

Germany’s conservative candidate, Friedrich Merz, suggested he’d push through tougher migration measures even with AfD ...

Conservative frontrunner to be country’s next chancellor aims to submit tough migration proposals to MPs next week ...

About 100,000 people rallied against the Alternative for Germany party in Berlin, the Bild newspaper reported.

Friedrich Merz, the leading candidate for the chancellery in Germany's upcoming election, said a leaked briefing by Germany's ...

The incumbent government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat (SPD), has styled itself as a champion of the ...

Friedrich Merz, Germany's opposition leader, views a second Trump presidency as a chance for EU unity. As he seeks to become ...

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

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