GERMANY’S parliament rejected legislation yesterday calling for stricter immigration rules. MPs cast 338 votes in favour, but there were 350 against and five abstentions. This followed a non-binding ...

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has slammed her conservative rival Friedrich Merz after a ...

Conservative frontrunner, Friedrich Merz, had declared his willingness to pass a migration law with AfD support, weakening Germany’s far-right “firewall.” ...

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to toughen rules on immigration. It did not pay off.

The centre-right CDU party leader sparked fierce criticism on Wednesday for accepting the far right's support in pushing a ...

Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz defiantly vowed Friday to pass a bill to restrict immigration with ...

German party leaders were engaged in furious last-minute talks on Friday, delaying a high-stakes debate on an immigration bill which the conservative opposition has threatened to pass with the support ...

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

A law passing thanks to votes from the far-right Alternative for Germany would be symbolically important in Germany in that ...

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

Election posters at a street in Duesseldorf, Germany, show the top candidates for chancellor, Robert Habeck of the Green Party, Friedrich Merz of the CDU and Olaf Scholz for the SPD, from left, prior ...

Conservatives have cooperated with the far-right AfD for the first time, amid growing support from the tech billionaire.