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

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

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament is expected to vote Friday on an opposition bill calling for tougher rules on migration ...

Merz, now 69, represents a sharp rightward turn from Merkel’s centrist legacy. His campaign motto is “A Germany we can be ...

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 ...

The bill’s defeat — after Merz secured the passage of a similar motion on Wednesday — suggests that some of his own ...

The CDU party chief, who leads in the polls to become the next chancellor, said he would collect votes from all parties to ...

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

Favorite to be next German chancellor loses bid to use AfD support to push through immigration law, after days of turmoil over weakening of Germany’s “firewall.” ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz has floated proposing legislation to tighten Germany's border controls, and claimed ...

Germany’s likely next chancellor wants tougher migration measures even with AfD support, triggering a fierce pre-election ...

Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Friedrich Merz’s high-stakes gamble to enlist the far right in pressuring the German government to tighten ...