Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner in the German election, is focusing his campaign on proposals to revive the ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader ...

Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...

Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democrats has reaffirmed his principled rejection of cooperation ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz on Wednesday defended his controversial migration reforms after stinging criticism ...

On Friday, the gambit ended in a crushing legislative defeat for Mr. Merz, dissent in his own party and jubilant claims of new legitimacy from the AfD, a chain reaction that could rattle Mr. Merz ...

It was perhaps the most dramatic week for German politics in decades as the Bundestag on Friday held three nail-biting votes to tighten migration rules after yet another terrorist attack committed by ...

Chancellor Scholz says rival Merz joining forces with far-right party in parliament to introduce stricter migration ...

Merz had earlier declared his willingness to push through the draft law to restrict migration even with support from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, a move that weakened Germany’s so-called ...

The bill’s defeat — after Merz secured the passage of a similar motion on Wednesday — suggests that some of his own ...

Germany’s conservatives have introduced plans for tougher migration measures, with votes from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party potentially giving their leader, Friedrich Merz, the ...