In countries across Europe, nativist far-right political parties have dramatically expanded their vote share in recent years, ...

Germany’s outgoing government is the border checks it imposed on all its frontiers last fall by another six months as it ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz defended the move, stating it has effectively reduced asylum applications and illegal crossings. View ...

Its probable next leader talks about Ukraine, saving the economy and beating the AfD in an exclusive interview ...

Friedrich Merz has committed to implementing an explosive five-point ... Similar comments came from EPP-led Poland. The CDU ...

Friedrich Merz broke a political taboo by aligning with the AfD on immigration, winning a symbolic vote but facing backlash ...

Dogged by protesters, but apparently safe from damage in the polls, Friedrich Merz is putting a failed immigration gambit ...

Friedrich Merz, a candidate for the position of chancellor of Germany, has expressed deep concern over recent developments in ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused his main rival in Germany’s upcoming election of “constant about turns,” while Friedrich ...

The breaking of a taboo among mainstream German parties on cooperation with the far right looks set to complicate efforts to ...

The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank an ascendant far right spectacularly backfire in the ...

Friedrich Merz’s hard-line shift on migration is a calculated gambit by the German conservative leader to neutralize the far ...