1 day ago · Merz had sworn off AfD cooperation. At its national conference in 2018, the CDU made the "AfD firewall" official party policy by adopting what it called the "incompatibility resolution."

15 hours ago · Germany’s center-left governing parties have cast doubt on whether conservative leader Friedrich Merz can still be trusted not to bring the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, into government after Wednesday’s events. He insists that he didn’t and won’t work with it, and that he didn’t break a political consensus, often called ...

1 day ago · Merz wants to pile pressure on the governing parties but has drawn accusations, which he rejects, that he’s breaking a consensus to shun the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD. Merz’s nonbinding motion calling for tougher migration policies passed by 348 votes to 345, with 10 abstentions, after a combination of opposition parties ...

1 day ago · Germany’s conservatives are leading the polls with 30 percent — putting Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), in pole position to become the next chancellor — and the AfD is in second place with 20 percent. Merz’s party has sought to push back against the perception that it’s collaborating openly with the AfD.

1 day ago · Her remarks comes after Merz on Wednesday put to a vote a nonbinding motion that calls for Germany to turn back many more migrants at its borders, knowing it might need the AfD's backing to pass.

7 hours ago · Germany’s center-left governing parties have cast doubt on whether conservative leader Friedrich Merz can still be trusted not to bring the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, into ...

9 hours ago · Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an anti-migration motion through parliament. January 30, 2025 at 11:35 a.m ...

3 days ago · The AfD is currently running second in polls before the election, sitting comfortably ahead of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats, though well behind Mr. Merz’s Christian Democrats. Image

Jan 24, 2025 · Merz, the favorite to become Germany's next chancellor, has repeatedly ruled out cooperating with the AfD, which sits in second place in polls ahead of elections on February 23.

6 hours ago · »Vergessen Sie's«, sagte Friedrich Merz einst über eine mögliche Zusammenarbeit mit der AfD. Doch nicht alle Einlassungen zur extrem rechten Partei waren so eindeutig. Die Chronik seiner ...