Conservative leader’s gambit to weaken the postwar ‘firewall’ may be a boon for the AfD ahead of a national election.
Thousands of people protested in Berlin on Sunday against plans to limit immigration proposed by opposition conservatives and ...
The protests came after some parties voted alongside the far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), over a non-binding ...
Tens of thousands have protested across Germany against the center-right leader and front-runner in a Feb. 25 election for ...
The leader of Germany's conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian sister party to the Christian Democrats (CDU) ...
The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank an ascendant far right spectacularly backfire in the ...
Merz, now 69, represents a sharp rightward turn from Merkel’s centrist legacy. His campaign motto is “A Germany we can be ...
Friedrich Merz, hitherto favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, suffered a blow three weeks before a national ...
Ever since the end of World War II, Germany's mainstream political parties have vowed to not work with extremist right-wing ...
German conservative leader Friedrich Merz suffered a shock setback in his bid to become chancellor after his effort to push through tough migration legislation with backing from the far-right failed ...
The CDU relied on AfD to pass a motion for the controversial bill, breaking a decades-long tradition of excluding the ...