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

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

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

Hundreds of German celebrities and film stars have signed an open letter criticizing a motion on migration reform passed in ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized her centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) for passing a motion in ...

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

BERLIN (AP) — Ex-Chancellor Merkel criticizes German center-right leader Merz over migration proposal that passed with far-right votes.

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 ...

Hungarian right-wing populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday expressed his pleasure after a controversial motion on ...

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 slammed her successor as the Christian Democratic Union leader, the frontrunner in Germany’s election next month, for putting to parliament proposals for ...

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