Conservative leader’s gambit to weaken the postwar ‘firewall’ may be a boon for the AfD ahead of a national election.

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.” ...

Merz, now 69, represents a sharp rightward turn from Merkel’s centrist legacy. His campaign motto is “A Germany we can be ...

The conservative CDU/CSU party is hardening its stance on irregular immigration. Others in Europe have already paved the way.

Officials from Germany and the European Union on Sunday sharply criticized US President Donald Trump's enactment of tariffs ...

Merz had presented parliament with proposals for strict new immigration rules, which were supported by the partly far-right ...

Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, frontrunner in polls to become ... he would seek strong ties with Germany's traditional core EU partner France but also with Poland and ...

Friedrich Merz caused dismay within his party for saying the law was so important he was prepared to pass it with support from the far-right, nativist Alternative for Germany.

Though German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meant his comparison of CDU leader Friedrich Merz to Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán as an ...

Germany's election frontrunner says Europeans are waiting for Germany to take the lead on dealing with the new American ...

Social Democrat Scholz warns that Merz's proposal for permanent border controls would violate EU law, damage the economy, and ...