With only a few weeks until Germany's election, Elon Musk has unambiguously thrown his support behind the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD ...

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

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

The German parliament has narrowly rejected a law to tighten up asylum measures. The controversy over the law, and how it ...

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

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 ...

The vote, expected on Friday, adds to a controversy about the attitude of the front-runner in Germany’s upcoming election ...

The move that broke the taboo in a country scarred by its Nazi past was election frontrunner Friedrich Merz's decision to push a resolution calling for a crackdown on irregular migration through ...

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

CDU leader Friedrich Merz will seek the AfD's support in parliament today over the flashpoint issue after his first effort ...

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