As Germans prepare to vote on Feb. 23, an almighty argument over whether mainstream parties should work with the ...

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

The former chancellor has slammed her conservative CDU party for passing a migration motion with help of the far-right AfD. Merkel blamed party leader Friedrich Merz for going back on a pledge not to ...

It was perhaps the most dramatic week for German politics in decades as the Bundestag on Friday held three nail-biting votes ...

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

BERLIN — Germany’s parliament is expected to vote Friday on an opposition bill calling for tougher rules on migration that ...

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

Former Chancellor Angela Merkel weighed into Germany's contentious election campaign, criticizing fellow Christian Democrat Friedrich Merz over his decision to force through a hard-line immigration ...

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

In a dramatic swing to the right, Friedrich Merz’s CDU is proposing Germany breaches EU law by closing its borders to ...

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

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