A comeback for the right and a surge in support for the far right: these are the main takeaways from the 23 February federal ...

Marco Rubio said Europeans should not fear for NATO's future after alarm Trump prompted Germany's Friedrich Merz to urge ...

US President Donald Trump has made it clear that the days of European freeloading on American generosity are over.

Friedrich Merz and the CDU's victory in the German election present a shift in Germany's foreign policy, with an emphasis on ...

Germany’s next leader, conservative Friedrich Merz, has raised the alarm over European defence but the clock is ticking for ...

French President Emmanuel Macron will dine with Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz at the Elysee Palace in Paris ...

Paul Hockenos is a journalist and author based in Berlin. His most recent book is “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, ...

German voters picked Conservative party head Friedrich Merz to lead Germany, and by extension Europe, during a decisive stress test in trans-Atlantic relations. Can he rise to expectations?

Far-right parties have become leading opposition forces in both Germany and France, and they believe they hold the democratic future of these countries in their hands.

If he wants an effective governing majority, Chancellor Friedrich Merz must invite the AfD into the government.

Germany's economy is in desperate need of foreign labor, but a political environment hostile to all kinds of immigrants makes ...

Germany's conservative chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Wednesday drew a chorus of criticism, including from his ...