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

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz plans to press ahead with a vote Friday on a hard-line immigration bill, waving aside last-ditch efforts aimed at seeking a broader compromise.

CDU leader Friedrich Merz may need support in the Bundestag from the AfD, a move that has attracted wide condemnation.

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

A law passing thanks to votes from the far-right Alternative for Germany would be symbolically important in Germany in that ...

CDU-Chef Friedrich Merz wird trotz der zunehmenden Kritik an seinem Vorstoß in dieser Woche, einen Antrag mit Unterstützung ...

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

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 ...

Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...

Polls show conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s Union leading ahead of the Feb. 23 election with around 30% support, while ...

Friedrich Merz leaned the right-wing AfD party to push through measures to restrict immigration.