Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s main challenger in Germany’s upcoming election plans to put proposals for a tougher migration policy to parliament on Wednesday, a maneuver aimed at piling pressure on the gov ...

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

Polls show conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s Union leading ahead of the Feb. 23 election with around 30% support, while ...

Thousands of people protested in the eastern German city of Leipzig on Thursday after the far-right Alternative for Germany ...

As the AfD gains popularity, its critics are seeking to take away voters’ ability to support or reject the party.

Germany's ex-chancellor Angela Merkel weighed in Thursday on a controversy flaring ahead of February elections, slamming her party successor for relying on far-right support on the flashpoint issue ...

Friedrich Merz’s hard-line shift on migration is a calculated gambit by the German conservative leader to neutralize the far ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative opposition and CDU’s candidate for chancellor, defended the motion, stating that his party acted on its principles. He dismissed concerns about far-right ...

L OBITH, NEAR where the river Rhine enters the Netherlands, has been a border town ever since northern Europe has had borders. Buried nearby lie the remains of a Roman camp that in the first century ...

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

Ex-Chancellor Merkel criticizes German center-right leader Merz over migration proposal that passed with far-right votes ...

A non-binding motion advocating for tougher border and asylum regulations has passed, backed by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).