Friedrich Merz, a candidate for the position of chancellor of Germany, has expressed deep concern over recent developments in ...

On Wednesday, Merz pushed through a non-binding motion in favour of an immigration crackdown with support from the AfD, ...

Friedrich Merz broke a political taboo by aligning with the AfD on immigration, winning a symbolic vote but facing backlash ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the CDU and candidate for German Chancellor, has announced plans to repair relations with ...

The likely next chancellor wants to adopt the right-wing AfD migration policies while still sidelining the party itself Read ...

Ukraine's victory in its war against Russia will be a top priority if Friedrich Merz wins the upcoming elections in February ...

Ever since Germany has had a competitive far-right party again, this iron law has transformed into a ‘firewall’.

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 ...

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to toughen rules on immigration. It did not pay off. By Christopher F.

Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor, is wagering that despite his country’s Nazi past, its voters aren’t all that different from other Europeans. As mainstream parties ...

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 ...