Germany’s migration debate has once again been thrown into the spotlight after a man and a child were killed in a knife attack by a former Afghan asylum-seeker who had been told to leave the country.

German voters decide on 23 February who will run their next government, with Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian ...

An 80-year firewall has been shattered as the centre-right offers to team up with the far-right AfD to pass tougher ...

A new premier in France and soon in Canada, a new coalition in Austria, new presidents in Georgia and Moldova despite ...

The Christian Democrats have vividly demonstrated that they will not be dissuaded from embracing the Alternative for Germany ...

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

In trying to avoid the mistakes of the past, Germany’s liberal politicians are pushing their country right back toward them.

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It was perhaps the most dramatic week for German politics in decades as the Bundestag on Friday held three nail-biting votes to tighten migration rules after yet another terrorist attack committed by ...

Germany's conservatives doubled down Friday on allowing the far-right AfD to back their pre-election push to restrict ...

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

The incident in Aschaffenburg, occurring just weeks before ... Leader of the centre-right CDU party, Friedrich Merz, has already vowed to impose immediate border controls if he becomes chancellor ...