The conservative leader wants to impose strict border controls after knife killings in Aschaffenburg this week.

Friedrich Merz, the conservative front-runner in the race for Germany’s chancellorship, called for a radical overhaul of the ...

In Germany, the fatal knife attack by a 28-year-old Afghan in Aschaffenburg has once again triggered a debate on asylum. CDU ...

Germany’s opposition leader has vowed to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up ...

The arrest of an Afghan asylum seeker suspected of killing two people in a knife attack targeting children in a German park ...

It is a smart idea. While one can argue about the details – and critics will doubtless point to Mr Merz’s previous role as ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz laid out proposals to clamp down on illegal migration on Thursday afte ...

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.

The country's upcoming vote could determine the future of its struggling economy and Europe's political stability ...

Tucking into beer and pretzels, the frontrunner to become Germany's next chancellor, conservative millionaire Friedrich Merz, ...

Germany's leading source of electric power generation got a big boost in 2024, according to latest industry figures. Regulators approved more than 2,400 new onshore wind turbines with a total output ...

After years in which Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been accused of treading lightly on European and world stages, ...