Lawmakers from the incoming chancellor’s CDU party signal an end to the “firewall” that saw mainstream politicians refuse to ...

With liberalism, freedom and democracy under threat globally, it's a time for 'giants' – but this is a 'coalition of the ...

Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas issued an apology earlier this week after comparing President Donald Trump’s election policies to Nazi Germany. She made the comments while talking about ...

The German parliament plans to meet on May 6 to elect Friedrich Merz as the country's next leader, if all the parties in his ...

“This really is democracy’s last bullet,” said CSU leader Markus Söder. While he was referring to the threat from the far ...

Despite Donald Trump’s lurch into protectionism and coercion, Friedrich Merz believes a transatlantic trade deal can still be ...

Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU), the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) last week struck ...

Friedrich Merz, who won the February 23 national election, has seen his poll ratings slide following the coalition agreement ...

Germany is willing to send Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine, the country’s chancellor-in-waiting has said, as he stressed the need to put Kyiv on the front foot and force concessions from Russian ...

Friedrich Merz speaks during a press conference on planned major investments, in Berlin, on March 4, 2025, following exploratory talks between the conservative CDU/CSU and the social democratic SPD ...

Germany's conservative chancellor-in-waiting has cast doubt on some of the commitments he had made to secure a coalition with ...

The inspiration for the SS reference, she said in an interview, was a section of Trump’s executive order that seemed to her to be encouraging citizens to inform on election officials who wrongly ...