Former chancellor’s intervention exposes deep rift within country’s conservatives over how to handle the far right’s rising ...

The front-runner to be Germany's next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has faced criticism for accepting support from the ...

The former chancellor has slammed her conservative CDU party for passing a migration motion with help of the far-right AfD. Merkel blamed party leader Friedrich Merz for going back on a pledge not to ...

Without the migration policies since 2015, the AfD wouldn’t be anywhere near this strong,” says Vienna’s former conservative ...

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel has doubled down on her criticism of Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, leader ...

Comment: Christian Democratic Union leader Friedrich Merz risking a joint parliamentary vote with the far-right AfD was not a move to enable them. Indeed, his actions were designed to avoid further ...

breaking a long-standing taboo, and drawing criticism from former chancellor Angela Merkel.

Alternative for Germany helped push an immigration restriction proposal over the threshold, breaking the "firewall" surrounding the right-wing party.

As he emerges as a central figure — hero or villain — in President Trump’s campaign to transform the federal government in ...

German party leaders were engaged in furious last-minute talks on Friday, delaying a high-stakes debate on an immigration ...