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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

The breaking of a taboo among mainstream German parties on cooperation with the far right looks set to complicate efforts to ...

The breaking of a taboo among mainstream German parties on cooperation with the far right looks set to complicate efforts to ...

German party leaders were engaged in furious last-minute talks on Friday, delaying a high-stakes debate on an immigration bill which the conservative opposition has threatened to pass with the support ...

The AfD speaks of a "historic moment" after a CDU/CSU bill was passed in the Bundestag for the first time with the help of ...

The German Catholic and Protestant churches warned on Tuesday against the conservative opposition's plan to crack down on ...

Germany's conservative opposition leader was set Friday to again seek far-right support in parliament on the flashpoint issue ...