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

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

Friedrich Merz’s hard-line shift on migration is a calculated gambit by the German conservative leader to neutralize the far ...

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

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

Altkanzlerin Angela Merkel hat sich in den Wahlkampf eingemischt und ihren christdemokratischen Parteifreund Friedrich Merz kritisiert, der im Bundestag mit den Stimmen der AfD eine strikte ...

The front-runner to be Germany's next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has faced criticism for accepting support from the ...

In rare public statement, Merkel criticizes her party's decision to pass anti-immigration proposal with critical support of ...

BERLIN (AP) — Ex-Chancellor Merkel criticizes German center-right leader Merz over migration proposal that passed with far-right votes.

The German Bundestag passed Friedrich Merz's so-called five-point migration plan — which promised a dramatic tightening of ...

Friedrich Merz, the German election frontrunner, passed a controversial migration motion in parliament, advocating stricter asylum policies. The motion, opposed by Chancellor Scholz's Social Democrats ...

Merz's plan would have German border guards simply deny entry to migrants trying to enter from other Schengen nations to gain asylum. Migration a key issue in Germany's 2025 election campaign ...