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

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader ...

Conservatives have cooperated with the far-right AfD for the first time, amid growing support from the tech billionaire.

R ARELY HAS the Bundestag known such drama. On January 29th, to scenes of uproar in Germany’s parliament, a tiny majority of ...

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

Opening the door to leaning on support from the far-right is a gamble for Merz, who believes that his increasingly radical ...

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

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

On Wednesday, with the support of the Alternative for Germany, the Christian Democrats passed a motion on migration policy ...

Amnesty International, Seebrücke and other organisations called for the rally under the slogan "Firewall instead of arson".

The former chancellor’s intervention exposes a deepening rift within Germany’s conservatives over how to handle the AfD’s ...

Did Friedrich Merz, the likely next chancellor, fall into a trap? Or is he forcing other mainstream parties to confront what ...