Laura Pitel Well, the first thing to say is that Merz’s CDU has always been very fiscally hawkish, and their manifesto says that they are opposed to changing the debt brake in any way. That has ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared martial law early on Feb. 24, 2022, under Kyiv skies still tinged black by the smoke from Russian missile strikes.

AfD is not merely a nationalist movement. Their appeal lies not in ideological extremism but in its ability to capitalize on ...

It’s clear that the statements coming from [the] United States make us all worried,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said ...

The man poised to become Germany's next chancellor accused President Trump of being indifferent to Europe’s plight and blasted Washington’s interference in the general election. Friedrich Merz has ...

If Europe’s leaders dare learn the tough lesson Trump is teaching, they will restore national cohesion — which prosperity ...

By bne IntelliNews Mainstream politicians across Central and Southeast Europe have expressed relief at the outcome of Germany ...

Germany's federal and state government tax revenue rose 8.9% in January from the previous year, the finance ministry said in ...

Coming from an administration banning words such as “gender” and “oppression” from all government publications and punishing ...

Sunday’s federal elections in Germany were held at a time when Germany’s support for human rights both at home and on the ...