Former chancellor’s intervention exposes deep rift within country’s conservatives over how to handle the far right’s rising ...

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

A who's who of German talent signed an open letter calling for political leaders to "uphold democratic values" after a ...

Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democrats has reaffirmed his principled rejection of cooperation ...

Friedrich Merz, head of the centre-right CDU, relied on support from AfD to pass parliamentary motion on migration.

Germany’s likely next chancellor wants tougher migration measures even with AfD support, triggering a fierce pre-election ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz on Wednesday defended his controversial migration reforms after stinging criticism ...

The former chancellor's comments come after the CDU put forward a proposal which was supported by the far-right AfD.

Germany’s parliament has narrowly approved a call by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s main challenger to turn back many more migrants ...

Chancellor Scholz says rival Merz joining forces with far-right party in parliament to introduce stricter migration ...

The CDU party chief, who leads in the polls to become the next chancellor, said he would collect votes from all parties to ...

Two German parties, the AfD and CDU, find common ground on asylum seeker crisis. Does this signal a possible coalition government of the two?