Tens of thousands protest against Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats: Merz had presented parliament with proposals ...

The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank ...

Friedrich Merz broke a political taboo by aligning with the AfD on immigration, winning a symbolic vote but facing backlash ...

The Bundestag rejected the CDU/CSU bill on limiting immigration. The media noted that this was a painful defeat for Friedrich ...

The German Christian Democrats' candidate for chancellor, Friedrich Merz, is campaigning for a rapid and tangible change in ...

Friedrich Merz, the favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, said on Monday he is ready to "lead Germany forward" as his conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) assembled in Berlin for a ...

Merz, leader of the Christian Democrats, had sought to restrict immigration rules with the support of the Alternative for ...

An immigration bill from Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz and backed controversially by the ...

Favorite to be next German chancellor loses bid to use AfD support to push through immigration law, after days of turmoil over weakening of Germany’s “firewall.” ...

When the CDU motions passed on Wednesday evening, by four votes, an eerie silence hung for a moment over the Bundestag chamber. Then AfD parliamentarians began applauding what they see as the first ...

Frontrunner in bid to become chancellor criticised for relying on AfD to pass parliamentary motion on migration laws ...

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