Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and his CDU won the German election — yet his personal popularity is low and getting ...

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 ...

As the U.S. backs away from the global stage, Germany has committed to hundreds of billions in defense spending. Bringing ...

True to its Gaullist legacy, France has always been wary of becoming too dependent on the Western world’s great superpower.

Germany’s outgoing government will leave the Eurofighter sale decision to incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz, official German ...

Germany's likely incoming chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said Sunday that the country is open to supplying Ukraine with ...

The future German Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants to introduce a new weekly work schedule, which could lead to the ...

There’s a German saying: “Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm.” (Or: The early bird catches the worm.) It underscores the ...

A German man has been fined €4,500 and given a two-and-a-half-year driving ban for breaching Chancellor Olaf Scholz 's ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and his CDU won Germany's election, yet his personal popularity is low — and getting lower. Most Germans don't trust him, not least because of his approach to the ...

A years-long renewables push leaves the economy hostage to the weather.

Modern politics can be brutally unforgiving for incumbent politicians. Yet, for incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz, ...