Merz's personal popularity is up four points in fresh polling released on Thursday – and his party gained too.

Election front-runner Friedrich Merz wants stricter migration policies following a deadly stabbing in Aschaffenburg. Some in ...

As Germany enters the final few weeks of its election campaign, the man poised to be the next chancellor has doubled down on ...

Conservative frontrunner to be country’s next chancellor aims to submit tough migration proposals to MPs next week ...

Frontrunner in bid to become chancellor criticised for relying on AfD to pass parliamentary motion on migration laws ...

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

Friedrich Merz, Germany's opposition leader, proposes stringent migration policies, creating pressure on Chancellor Olaf ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has pledged to impose tough border controls if elected ...

Germany’s opposition leader says his party will bring motions to toughen migration policy to parliament next week in one of ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on ...

The CDU party chief, who leads in the polls to become the next chancellor, said he would collect votes from all parties to ...