Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...

Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democrats has reaffirmed his principled rejection of cooperation ...

With less than four weeks before Germany’s federal election, Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his conservative challenger Friedrich ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz on Wednesday defended his controversial migration reforms after stinging criticism ...

Polls show conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s Union leading ahead of the Feb. 23 election with around 30% support, while ...

Ukraine must win the war against Russia, regain lost territory and be free to join military alliances, Friedrich Merz, ...

The front-runner to be Germany's next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has faced criticism for accepting support from the ...

On Wednesday, with the support of the Alternative for Germany, the Christian Democrats passed a motion on migration policy ...

Alternative for Germany helped push an immigration restriction proposal over the threshold, breaking the "firewall" surrounding the right-wing party.

Merz's plan to introduce permanent controls at Germany's exterior borders to asylum seekers is a direct rejection of the European policies of the Schengen Agreement, which does away with checks at ...

Mr. Merz is trying to show voters that he and his party are serious about tightening Germany’s borders and following through on deportations of migrants whom authorities have determined should ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz has floated proposing legislation to tighten Germany's border controls, and claimed ...