The Latest Breaking News from Friedrich Merz

As Germany elects its next Bundestag, migration remains one of the most important issues to voters. But politicians are not debating how to attract the 288,000 migrants the country needs every year to maintain its workforce. Rather, parties struggle over who can promise the most deportations and the tightest border…

Germany’s outgoing government is the border checks it imposed on all its frontiers last fall by another six months as it attempts to cut the number of migrants arriving in the country

Fresh protests against the extreme right drew massive crowds in Germany on Saturday, including 250,000 people in Munich, authorities said, as the country heads for clutch elections.

Former PM Magdalena Andersson says there are too many guns available in country and ‘too much romanticising of violence’ on social media

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday urged politicians to dial back tensions ahead of elections this month after her centre-right CDU party sparked uproar by accepting the far right's support.

Friedrich Merz, potential next chancellor of Germany, focuses on tightening immigration policies and international relations.

Prospective chancellor takes startlingly aggressive line against those protesting against gamble with AfD

The front-runner in Germany’s upcoming election says the far-right Alternative for Germany is his “most important opponent” and his party will “never” work with it

The hardline party has ‘an increasing influence on public opinion’, say analysts, as voters prioritise migration.