Germany's Social Democrats are doubling down on criticism of conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, after a controversial bill on tighter migration policy tabled by his bloc was narrowly ...

Bill calling for tougher rules on migration widely criticised for undermining ‘firewall’ against working with far right.

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to ...

This is a summary of events surrounding the German parliamentary debate and vote on the "influx limitation law" on Friday, ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz suffered a shock setback in his bid to become chancellor after his effort to push ...

Germany's parliament faced the possibility of passing a law due to far-right support for the first time in post-war history, ...

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

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to take his hard-line immigration push to the next level despite a growing ...

Germany's mainstream parties were locked in talks on Friday in an attempt to avert the possibility of a law passing thanks to ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz pressed ahead with tough migration legislation backed by the far right, despite protests that have splintered the country just three weeks before a national ...

Sources told dpa that Germany's centre-right CDU/CSU plan to push forward with a highly controversial vote on legislation ...

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