CDU chancellorship candidate Friedrich Merz wants to strengthen measures against illegal immigration and replace European asylum legislation, deemed 'dysfunctional,' with national law.

Concerns about Holocaust trivialization and nationalist policies underscore the growing anxiety over the influence of the far-right party, which recently won the endorsement of Elon Musk Strong relations with Israel and a commitment to commemorating the Holocaust have been central tenets in Germany’s identity since the end of the Nazi regime,

It was a defining image of the Merkel years: the German chancellor leaning across a table at the G7 summit in 2018, looming over Donald Trump as the rest of the world’s leaders looked on. Angela Merkel, the photo seemed to indicate, was the adult in the room.

Friedrich Merz and his conservatives view Angela Merkel’s legacy as a liability in their battle with the far right.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined thousands who marched to ... against hatred and violence and for a cosmopolitan Germany which respects and protects the freedom of expression and religion'.

The former German chancellor governed in turbulent times: the financial crisis, Russian aggression in Ukraine, Covid and beyond.

Germany's main opposition leader vowed on Thursday to impose immediate border controls if he becomes chancellor, as expected, after elections next month, a day after an Afghan asylum seeker was arrested for a deadly knife attack targeting children.

Ahead of Germany's February election, opposition leader Friedrich Merz advocates stringent border controls and faster deportations following a fatal knife attack by a rejected asylum-seeker. Tensions rise as Merz targets perceived failures in Germany's migration policy,

German voters head to the polls in a winter election next month, but likely will not have a new government until well into the spring.

German scientists are warning that the national energy transition has pushed Germany into an energy ... Despite some people’s concerns, the Angela Merkel-Joe Biden deal on Nord Stream II will ...

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz, leading in the race to become Germany's next chancellor, pledged on Monday to bring a law on restoring border controls before parliament this week even if it needed to be passed with far-right support.

Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur, and head of US government's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has kicked-off a controversy by endorsing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. The far-right party is often called a 'neo-Nazi' outfit for its extreme views on immigrants and other areas of German politics.