Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s main challenger in Germany’s upcoming election plans to put proposals for a tougher migration policy to parliament on Wednesday, a maneuver aimed at piling pressure on the gov ...

Alternative for Germany helped push an immigration restriction proposal over the threshold, breaking the "firewall" surrounding the right-wing party.

Polls show conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s Union leading ahead of the Feb. 23 election with around 30% support, while ...

Germany’s democracy is under threat. Over 100 members of the 733-seat Bundestag know it and are pushing a motion to ban the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) – a move that has only succeeded ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday criticized her opposition centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) for ...

As the AfD gains popularity, its critics are seeking to take away voters’ ability to support or reject the party.

Germany's ex-chancellor Angela Merkel weighed in Thursday on a controversy flaring ahead of February elections, slamming her party successor for relying on far-right support on the flashpoint issue ...

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 ...

Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...

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.

The far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) seems to be going very far in its fight for the German vote. At a party congress in Riesa, AfD, which may become Germany's second largest party in ...

Hundreds of German celebrities and film stars have signed an open letter criticizing a motion on migration reform passed in ...