Favorite to be next German chancellor loses bid to use AfD support to push through immigration law, after days of turmoil ...

Friedrich Merz, nemesis of former Chancellor Angela ... any authority over their children, who he described as "little pashas." This attracted much controversy at the time, though now you don ...

Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz defiantly vowed Friday to pass a bill to restrict immigration with ...

CDU chief Friedrich Merz, the election frontrunner ... a deadly knife attack a week ago against a group of kindergarten children. Speaking after the parliamentary defeat, Merz said he regretted ...

Germany's conservatives doubled down Friday on allowing the far-right AfD to back their pre-election push to restrict ...