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

The breaking of a taboo among mainstream German parties on cooperation with the far right looks set to complicate efforts to ...

The move that broke the taboo in a country scarred by its Nazi past was election frontrunner Friedrich Merz's decision to ...

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

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament is expected to vote Friday on an opposition bill calling for tougher rules on migration ...

Leading politicians in Germany are calling for mass returns, echoing President Donald Trump’s plan to expel undocumented ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz may need support in the Bundestag from the AfD, a move that has attracted wide condemnation.

The CDU relied on AfD to pass a motion for the controversial bill, breaking a decades-long tradition of excluding the ...

Germany's lower house narrowly rejected a controversial immigration bill pushed by the opposition and supported by the far ...

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

Despite the defeat on Friday in the German parliament of his proposed immigration law, conservative leader Friedrich Merz ...

Intensive high-level talks were under way in the German capital on Friday, hours ahead of a highly controversial planned vote ...