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

Friedrich Merz, hitherto favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, suffered a blow three weeks before a national election on Friday when 12 of his own legislators refused to support him in ...

In a dramatic swing to the right, Friedrich Merz’s CDU is proposing Germany breaches EU law by closing its borders to ...

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 ...

The country’s likely next chancellor wanted to focus on the economy—before suddenly betting everything on culture war.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on ...

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

German industry has for years called out high energy prices and poor economic policies for making them uncompetitive. A ...

Kathrin Meyer, departing cretary-general of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, said she considers Holocaust ...

The German Catholic bishops’ conference on Wednesday distanced itself from a controversial statement against tougher ...

Investigators are exploring whether two apparently unrelated murders could be linked, by way of an alleged cult made up of ...

Elon Musk’s appearances at the Trump inauguration and a rally for Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland don’t just hark back to the past. They fuse authoritarian nationalism with a distinctive ...