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.

This is a summary of events surrounding the German parliamentary debate and vote on the "influx limitation law" on Friday, ...

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to ...

The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank ...

Germany's mainstream parties were locked in talks on Friday in an attempt to avert the possibility of a law passing thanks to ...

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

With cheers of surprise and shocked faces, Bundestag MPs narrowly rejected a migration bill on Friday pushed by the ...

BERLIN - Germany's parliament could pass a law thanks to far-right support for the first time in the country's post-war ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to take his hard-line immigration push to the next level despite a growing ...

Merz, leader of the Christian Democrats, had sought to restrict immigration rules with the support of the Alternative for ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz pressed ahead with tough migration legislation backed by the far right, despite ...