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

Despite the defeat on Friday in the German parliament of his proposed immigration law, conservative leader Friedrich Merz ...

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

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader ...

Friedrich Merz’s hard-line shift on migration is a calculated gambit by the German conservative leader to neutralize the far ...

Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democrats has reaffirmed his principled rejection of cooperation ...

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

Despite his collaboration with far-right AfD party, Merz fails to gain majority in parliament for his anti-immigration ...

If the law had passed, it would have been the first in the country’s modern history to do so thanks to the support of the far-right.

The Bundestag rejected the CDU/CSU bill on limiting immigration. The media noted that this was a painful defeat for Friedrich ...

The Bundestag has rejected the CDU/CSU's bill to limit immigration. As the media reported, this represents a significant ...

Conservative frontrunner, Friedrich Merz, had declared his willingness to pass a migration law with AfD support, weakening Germany’s far-right “firewall.” ...