German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, tipped to become the next chancellor, said on Thursday he wanted to win back the ...

Germany’s opposition leader vowed Thursday to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up deportations if he is elected chancellor next month, as a knife attack by a ...

Friedrich Merz says he will close Germany's borders to irregular migrants, including those with a right to protection.

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

Merz, whose centre-right bloc currently tops the polls, is toughening his stance on migration ahead of federal elections next ...

W HAT DO Angela Merkel, Olaf Scholz, the Bundesbank, the imf, the OECD, Germany’s biggest trade union, its state-appointed council of economic experts and most of its European allies have in common?

A deadly knife attack on a play school group in Germany, where an Afghan man was arrested at the scene, reignited a bitter immigration debate on Thursday, a month before elections.

The country’s perennial yearning for reassurance is still dominating discourse — but this time around, it’s likely to be in vain.

Berlin blames Bavaria. Bavaria blames Berlin. With migrants suspected in several deadly attacks, German politicians are jostling for position with calls to reform migration ahead of February's federal ...

The party's state association in Saxony is now officially classed as a "right-wing extremist" organisation. Could the AfD ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz has demanded fundamental changes to migration policy and a dramatic increase in ...