Tens of thousands have protested across Germany against the center-right leader and front-runner in a Feb. 25 election for ...

He held the ceremonial post of German president after a finance-focused career. Shortly into his second term, he became the ...

The CDU relied on AfD to pass a motion for the controversial bill, breaking a decades-long tradition of excluding the ...

The German parliament narrowly rejected on Friday a bill sponsored by conservatives and the far right calling for stricter ...

Friedrich Merz caused dismay within his party for saying the law was so important he was prepared to pass it with support from the far-right, nativist Alternative for Germany.

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

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz has put demands for a more restrictive approach to migration at the centre of his campaign ...

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 ...

Germany’s parliament has narrowly rejected an opposition-sponsored bill calling for tougher rules on migration that risked ...

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

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's parliament could pass a law thanks to far-right support for the first time in the country's post-war history on Friday, if an opposition motion on tightening immigration ...

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 ...