German conservative leader Friedrich Merz suffered a shock setback in his bid to become chancellor after his effort to push ...

Germany's Social Democrats are doubling down on criticism of conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, after a controversial bill on tighter migration policy tabled by his bloc was narrowly ...

Bill calling for tougher rules on migration widely criticised for undermining ‘firewall’ against working with far right.

The intervention of wealthy businessmen in politics has become a familiar phenomenon, but the support of American billionaire ...

Responding to the killing of a child, the poll-leading Christian Democrats are pushing to overhaul migration laws — possibly ...

Two people, including a 2-year-old boy, have been killed and three others were injured in a stabbing attack in Bavaria ...

Germany's parliament faced the possibility of passing a law due to far-right support for the first time in post-war history, after last-minute talks to find a compromise to avert the vote to tighten ...

A month before Germany’s federal election, chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused his main rival of embracing populism and ...

The backdrop to the drama was the murder last week in Aschaffenburg, a town in Bavaria, of two people by an Afghan who should ...

Less than a month before Germany's general election, a poll has found support for Chancellor Olaf Scholz's centre-left Social ...

The chancellor, lagging in the polls ahead of the Feb. 23 election, called for an investigation into why the Afghan suspect was even in Germany.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned a deadly knife attack Wednesday as "an unbelievable act of terror" and demanded to know why the Afghan suspect had been able to stay in the country.