Tens of thousands protested across Germany against the center-right leader for sending to parliament proposals for tough new ...

The likely next chancellor wants to adopt the right-wing AfD migration policies while still sidelining the party itself Read ...

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

Interview with Michele Valensise, ambassador and new president of the Istituto Affari Internazionali: "We must live with a ...

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

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

One might almost suspect – what a shocking thought – that conservatives are once again invoking a state of emergency as a ...

On Wednesday, Merz pushed through a non-binding motion in favour of an immigration crackdown with support from the AfD, ...

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

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

Germany will introduce permanent border controls and will send back to other countries all foreigners who illegally cross the ...

Friedrich Merz’s hard-line shift on migration is a calculated gambit by the German conservative leader to neutralize the far ...