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

The former chancellor has slammed her conservative CDU party for passing a migration motion with help of the far-right AfD. Merkel blamed party leader Friedrich Merz for going back on a pledge not to ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz will seek the AfD's support in parliament today over the flashpoint issue after his first effort ...

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to ...

Without the migration policies since 2015, the AfD wouldn’t be anywhere near this strong,” says Vienna’s former conservative ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz will seek the AfD's support in parliament today over the flashpoint issue after his first effort ...

The German parliament has narrowly rejected a law to tighten up asylum measures. The controversy over the law, and how it could have been passed with support from the far right AfD, have rocked German ...

In a dramatic swing to the right, Friedrich Merz’s CDU is proposing Germany breaches EU law by closing its borders to ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's parliament is expected to vote Friday on an opposition bill calling for tougher rules on migration that could become the first legislation to pass thanks to a far-right party — ...

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

Politicians from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) criticized former German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her comments on ...

The country’s likely next chancellor wanted to focus on the economy—before suddenly betting everything on culture war.