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

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

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

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to ...

The German parliament has narrowly rejected a law to tighten up asylum measures. The controversy over the law, and how it could have been passed with support from the far right AfD, have rocked German ...

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

Germany's parliament has narrowly rejected an opposition-sponsored bill calling for tougher rules on migration that risked ...

Lawmakers in Germany's parliament Friday opened a debate on a package of harsh immigration measures brought by the ...

Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz defiantly vowed Friday to pass a bill to restrict immigration with ...

In a dramatic swing to the right, Friedrich Merz’s CDU is proposing Germany breaches EU law by closing its borders to ...

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

The country’s likely next chancellor wanted to focus on the economy—before suddenly betting everything on culture war.