On Wednesday, Merz pushed through a non-binding motion in favour of an immigration crackdown with support from the AfD, ...

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

Responding to the killing of a child, the poll-leading Christian Democrats are pushing to overhaul migration laws — possibly ...

Tens of thousands of people protested across Germany on January 30 against the conservatives led by chancellor hopeful ...

Conservatives have cooperated with the far-right AfD for the first time, amid growing support from the tech billionaire.

Friedrich Merz, German opposition leader and chairman of the CDU party, speaks at the Global Leaders Dialogue in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.

The EPP’s messaging is clear that the CDU will return in the driver’s seat, if Merz becomes Germany's chancellor.

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.

Friedrich Merz said a new push for a free trade deal ... Image: Brandon Bell/Getty Images/dpa/picture alliance However, Merz also made clear he did anticipate more difficult conditions for ...

"Victory means restoring territorial integrity with a democratically legitimate government exercising full sovereignty," ...

Germany’s opposition leader vowed Thursday to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up deportations if he is elected chancellor next month, as a knife attack by a ...

His main election challenger, Friedrich Merz, whose center-right Union bloc ... allowed large numbers of migrants into the country. PHOTOS: Scholz's challenger vows tough border rules as attack ...