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

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

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

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to toughen rules on immigration. It did not pay off.

Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz defiantly vowed Friday to pass a bill to restrict immigration with ...

Conservative frontrunner, Friedrich Merz, had declared his willingness to pass a migration law with AfD support, weakening Germany’s far-right “firewall.” ...

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

The Bundestag has narrowly rejected a bill to limit migration and close Germany’s borders. German conservatives caused outrage by relying on the far right to try to push through the bill through ...

After the conservative CDU-CSU bloc joined with the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party to pass a non-binding motion ...

Germany's conservative opposition leader was set Friday to again seek far-right support in parliament on the flashpoint issue ...

Election posters at a street in Duesseldorf, Germany, show the top candidates for chancellor, Robert Habeck of the Green Party, Friedrich Merz of the CDU and Olaf Scholz for the SPD, from left, prior ...

Germany's conservative opposition leader was set Friday to again seek far-right support in parliament on the flashpoint issue ...