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

Alternative for Germany helped push an immigration restriction proposal over the threshold, breaking the "firewall" surrounding the right-wing party.

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

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday criticized her opposition centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) for ...

The German Catholic bishops’ conference on Wednesday distanced itself from a controversial statement against tougher ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised the leader of her Christian Democrats (CDU), Friedrich Merz, for drawing on ...

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

Friedrich Merz leaned the right-wing AfD party to push through measures to restrict immigration.

Many mainstream leaders worry a pre-election debate over whether to ban Alternative for Germany will only boost the party ...

The former chancellor’s intervention exposes a deepening rift within Germany’s conservatives over how to handle the AfD’s ...

Leading members of Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU) on Thursday demanded a broad alliance against the Alternative for ...

For the first time, a resolution in the Bundestag has achieved a majority with the assistance of the far-right AfD. The party voted in favour of the migration plans put forward by the Christian ...