Germany's Social Democrats are doubling down on criticism of conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, after a controversial bill on tighter migration policy tabled by his bloc was narrowly ...

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

German Parliament on Friday (local time) rejected the immigration bill pushed by opposition’s Freidrich Merz to tighten rules ...

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

The countdown is on to what is perhaps Europe's most important election of this year. On February 23, Germans go to the polls ...

The bill had the support of both Germany's conservatives and the far-right Alternative for Germany, which are leading in the ...

Bill calling for tougher rules on migration widely criticised for undermining ‘firewall’ against working with far right.

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

German SPD Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reiterated his accusations against CDU/CSU chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz that he ...

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

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

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 ...