Friedrich Merz, a leading German political figure, has raised serious concerns about what he calls a “new and unsettling ...

The centre-right CDU has been accused of breaking 'taboo' by putting forward a motion to the Bundestag for a stricter ...

Tens of thousands protest against Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats: Merz had presented parliament with proposals ...

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.

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 ...

Friedrich Merz has committed to implementing an explosive five-point plan on migration that could clash with his EPP allies. [Thierry Monasse/picture alliance via Getty Images] For months ...

European leaders warned on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to expand tariffs to the EU risked setting off a ...

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 ...

She slammed the decision by Friedrich Merz, frontrunner to be Germany’s next chancellor, to rely on far-right votes to pass an anti-immigration motion in parliament. The deal broke a long-standing ...

Rare intervention by former Chancellor Merkel Says Merz was wrong to push bill through with help of far right Merz set to become Germany's next leader after Feb. 23 election BERLIN, Jan 30 ...