Germany's centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday accused his conservative election rival of planning an immigration crackdown that would "bury Europe".

IT IS A calm and confident Friedrich Merz who greets The Economist on February 7th at a luxury golf resort in Stromberg, a ...

Dogged by protesters, but apparently safe from damage in the polls, Friedrich Merz is putting a failed immigration gambit ...

Candidates for the post of Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz have repeatedly manipulated figures, as well as cited false facts during the recent television duel, the ZDF TV channel notes.

The Social Democratic incumbent chancellor and the Christian Democratic election frontrunner went toe-to-toe for the first ...