The centre-right CDU has been accused of breaking 'taboo' by putting forward a motion to the Bundestag for a stricter ...

The front-runner in Germany’s upcoming election says the far-right Alternative for Germany is his “most important opponent” ...

As Germany enters the final few weeks of its election campaign, the man poised to be the next chancellor has doubled down on ...

Friedrich Merz , chairman of the conservative Chistian Democratic Union (CDU), believes he is set to become Germany's next chancellor after the general election on February 23. At the final party conf ...

The man likely to lead Germany's next government says there would be no cooperation with the far-right AfD. Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU/CSU bloc has faced flak after accepting AfD support on ...

A pho­to­graph accom­pa­ny­ing an art­icle on Janu­ary 31 showed mem­bers of Ger­many’s CDU party applaud­ing Friedrich Merz, not mem­bers of the AfD as wrongly stated in the cap­tion.

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

The German Christian Democrats' candidate for chancellor, Friedrich Merz, is campaigning for a rapid and tangible change in ...

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

Thousands of people protested in Berlin on Sunday against plans to limit immigration proposed by opposition conservatives and ...

Conservative leader’s gambit to weaken the postwar ‘firewall’ may be a boon for the AfD ahead of a national election.

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