Conservative leader’s gambit to weaken the postwar ‘firewall’ may be a boon for the AfD ahead of a national election.

Thousands of people protested in Berlin on Sunday against plans to limit immigration proposed by opposition conservatives and ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday said it was important not to divide the world with new trade barriers, as everyone ...

Tens of thousands protest against Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats: Merz had presented parliament with proposals ...

The protests came after some parties voted alongside the far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), over a non-binding resolution on immigration last week.

At least 160,000 thousand demonstrators converged on Berlin Sunday, said police, to protest the norm-shattering overtures by ...

Tens of thousands took to the streets across Germany on the weekend to protest against the center-right leader and ...

It was perhaps the most dramatic week for German politics in decades as the Bundestag on Friday held three nail-biting votes to tighten migration rules after yet another terrorist attack committed by ...

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

Friedrich Merz, hitherto favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, suffered a blow three weeks before a national ...

The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank ...

Ever since the end of World War II, Germany's mainstream political parties have vowed to not work with extremist right-wing ...