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

A majority of Germans believe the country should accept fewer refugees, according to the latest Deutschlandtrend poll.

Intensive high-level talks were under way in the German capital on Friday, hours ahead of a highly controversial planned vote ...

German political leaders held intensive closed-door talks in Berlin on Friday, hours ahead of a highly controversial planned ...

After the conservative CDU-CSU bloc joined with the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party to pass a non-binding motion ...

The German Bundestag voted against the "Influx Limitation Law" after an emotional debate. The bill was proposed by the ...

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

A non-binding motion to restrict immigration has sparked outrage after citizens said the conservative CDU/CSU broke a promise not to work with the far-right AfD. Protesters in Berlin gathered outside ...

CDU-Chef Friedrich Merz wird trotz der zunehmenden Kritik an seinem Vorstoß in dieser Woche, einen Antrag mit Unterstützung ...

Social trust in Germany is declining, a new report based on the Berggruen Governance Index (BGI) ahead of Germany’s February 23 parliamentary election warns. However, a possible ...

Annalena Baerbock, a Green politician, criticizes conservative leader for collaborating with far-right AfD to bring forward ...

Centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz accused the conservative CDU-CSU alliance, under the leadership of Friedrich Merz (pictured above), of breaking a firewall that has blocked the far right from ...