The Bundestag has rejected the CDU/CSU's bill to limit immigration. As the media reported, this represents a significant setback for Friedrich Merz, who sought to appeal to the conservative electorate ...

Friedrich Merz, hitherto favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, suffered a blow three weeks before a national election on Friday when 12 of his own ...

The CDU relied on AfD to pass a motion for the controversial bill, breaking a decades-long tradition of excluding the ...