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Since interest rates have risen, central banks around the world have faced losses stemming from the high interest they pay on ...

After more than three years with Chancellor Olaf Scholz at Germany’s helm, Sunday’s election cemented the country’s lurch to ...

The Left won 8.8 percent of the vote, nearly doubling its share from the last election. It performed especially well in the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin exclude Ukraine from talks as Trump accuses Ukraine of ...

OP-ED. The likely future German chancellor may be a hard-line conservative, but he could well be the man to transform the country and revitalize Europe, writes international relations specialist ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany’s next chancellor, but he has a long road ahead of him to form government and hold ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz says he aiming to close a coalition agreement with the SPD in a "short time." Meanwhile, ...

The CDU/CSU was led to victory on Sunday by the towering Friedrich Merz, who has never served in the German government until ...

Europe has been rattled by hostile remarks by US Vice-President JD Vance and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and threats that Europe could no longer count on US military support if attacked.

Friedrich Merz may create a new European military alliance.

Following the victory of the Christian Democrats with Friedrich Merz in the Bundestag election, Brussels has not only offered congratulations but also made its first demands. Germany is expected to ...