Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...
Former chancellor’s intervention exposes deep rift within country’s conservatives over how to handle the far right’s rising ...
Friedrich Merz’s high-stakes gamble to enlist the far right in pressuring the German government to tighten migration laws has upended the campaign three weeks before general elections.
Angela Merkel criticized her successor, Friedrich Merz, for collaborating with the far-right in passing an immigration bill.
On Wednesday, Merz pushed through a non-binding motion in favour of an immigration crackdown with support from the AfD, ...
The former German Chancellor has publicly criticised her former party in the wake of far-right AfD's rising popularity.
Altkanzlerin Angela Merkel hat sich in den Wahlkampf eingemischt und ihren christdemokratischen Parteifreund Friedrich Merz kritisiert, der im Bundestag mit den Stimmen der AfD eine strikte ...
Without the migration policies since 2015, the AfD wouldn’t be anywhere near this strong,” says Vienna’s former conservative ...