Germany’s conservatives are desperate to avoid a three-party coalition, but the outcome depends on how many small parties ...

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 ...

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 ...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor, suffered a major political defeat on Friday as his controversial immigration bill backed by the far right was ...

The country's favourite to become next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, proposed a motion asking, among other points, for the end of family reunification for those with subsidiary protection and ...

The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank an ascendant far right spectacularly backfire in the Bundestag.

Angry protesters in Hamburg, Munich, Cologne and Leipzig said that Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke Germany's unwritten post-Nazi promise by all democratic parties to never pass ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on Thursday for pushing through a bill on tighter immigration control ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz suffered a shock setback in his bid to become chancellor after his effort to push through tough migration legislation with backing from the far-right ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel's recent criticism of current conservative leader Friedrich Merz's migration policy ...