Friedrich Merz’s high-stakes gamble to enlist the far right in pressuring the German government to tighten migration laws has upended the campaign three weeks before general elections.

On Wednesday, with the support of the Alternative for Germany, the Christian Democrats passed a motion on migration policy ...

Did Friedrich Merz, the likely next chancellor, fall into a trap? Or is he forcing other mainstream parties to confront what ...

Germany’s parliament has narrowly approved a call by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s main challenger to turn back many more migrants ...

The German Bundestag passed Friedrich Merz's five-point migration plan — which promised a dramatic tightening of the ...

CDU/CSU's passage of migration motion supported by AfD party has been widely condemned as a ‘dark day’ for German democracy - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Germany’s likely next chancellor wants tougher migration measures even with AfD support, triggering a fierce pre-election ...

Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become chancellor in February's election, is making waves by agreeing to work with the far ...

R ARELY HAS the Bundestag known such drama. On January 29th, to scenes of uproar in Germany’s parliament, a tiny majority of ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's CDU/CSU conservative bloc which is leading polls ahead of the Feb. 23 vote, is keen ...

Social Democrat Scholz warns that Merz's proposal for permanent border controls would violate EU law, damage the economy, and ...

Support for Germany's conservative bloc fell by three points in the days after its chancellor candidate said he would push ...