Friedrich Merz — the leader of the victorious Christian Democratic Union-Christian Social Union alliance — is a U.S.-loving former lawyer but he may clash with President Donald Trump, as Merz is a ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceding defeat. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is heading ...

Vice President JD Vance put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on notice, rattled the confidence of century-old allies in ...

Vance used his first major speeches as vice president to criticise European politicians, claiming they were controlling free speech, losing authority on immigration, ...

The collective shunning of the AfD party is part of a longstanding attempt to blunt its move into the mainstream.

The largest conflict on the European continent since World War II is at a turning point ahead of Monday’s third anniversary ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday's election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...

Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, putting its leader Friedrich Merz in pole position to be next chancellor. Follow ...

Germany headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament, with the election described by Western media as intense. A Chinese expert said this election will be extremely polarized and fragmented ...

Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, putting its leader Friedrich Merz in pole position to be next chancellor. Follow ...

In a relationship with a woman of foreign origin, the AfD leader nonetheless assumes an anti-immigration rhetoric and ...

Joseph Goebbels, later the Third Reich’s chief propagandist, wrote a newspaper essay addressing the question of why the ...