Germany's conservative opposition party is set to team up with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to tackle migration - prompting anger from former Chancellor Angela Merkel. CDU leader ...

Merkel also said that the AfD benefited politically from the dispute over migration policy between her CDU and its Bavarian sister party, the CSU, during her time as chancellor. However, she ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized her center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) for using the support of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to push a hard-line migration ...

After the breakdown of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition in November, Merz made a commitment to avoid passing ...

The AFD is currently polling second behind Merz' conservative alliance — the same group that Angela Merkel led until 2021. "I cannot recall, in the history of Western democracies, that there has ...

a rise fueled by former Chancellor Angela Merkel's 2015 decision to welcome more than 1 million migrants and ongoing economic troubles. Founded in 2013, AfD won 4.7% in its first Bundestag ...

AfD benefited from asylum policy - but not only factor Merkel, who in 2015 admitted some 1 million refugees, mainly from Syria and other war-torn countries, admitted that the far-right Alternative ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany's next chancellor. He has a checkered history in German politics — from challenging Angela Merkel to causing controversy by aligning with the far right ...