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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on ...

A law passing thanks to votes from the far-right Alternative for Germany would be symbolically important in Germany in that ...

BERLIN — (AP) — Germany's parliament is expected to vote Friday on an opposition bill calling for tougher rules on migration ...