Germany's conservatives were able to pass a strict immigration motion with votes by the far-right party, marking a historic breach of the "firewall" on working with the far-right on policy. Has the ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative opposition and CDU’s candidate for chancellor, defended the motion, stating that his party acted on its principles. He dismissed concerns about far-right ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader ...

Alice Weidel, the top election candidate for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), denounced Angela Merkel on Thursday following harsh public criticism from the former chancellor. Merkel ...

BERLIN - A 99-year-old Holocaust survivor said on Thursday he would return his federal order of merit award to the German state in protest over a parliamentary vote in which support from the far-right ...

German Holocaust survivor Eva Umlauf appealed in an open letter on Thursday to conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz not to align his centre-right CDU/CSU bloc with the far-right Alternative ...

After German parliament passed a conservative motion aimed at toughening immigration rules with the help of the far-right AfD, we asked people living in Germany what they think about it.