Germany's new government, led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz, plans to increase the number of border police to enforce stricter migration policies. Meanwhile, Merz is on his first official trip to France and Poland.

In his first interview since leaving the White House, Biden told the BBC that Trump's approach to Russia is 'modern-day appeasement' that won't work.

For the first time in nearly six decades, a member of the center-right Christian Democrat party is leading Germany’s Foreign Ministry. Under Johann Wadephul, the country's foreign policy may take on a less lecturing tone.

They are generally confrontational in nature rather than aimed at trying to revive our relations ... This was the first visit to Ukraine by the new German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, a strong ...

With Johann Wadephul, the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) once again fields the German foreign minister. It is the first time in almost 60 years. The 62-year-old from northern Germany, who has made a name for himself as a foreign policy expert in the Bundestag, is a trusted confidant of likely Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

BERLIN (Reuters) - New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sets off on his first trip abroad on Wednesday to France and Poland in a bid to renew relations with the country's top allies and show that Germany is back on the world stage despite a bumpy start to his government.

With Ukraine ready for unconditional negotiations and Istanbul talks looming, pressure mounts on Moscow to engage.

As World War II fades from living memory, its place in the German collective consciousness is as complicated as ever.