Mr Merz’s prosperous upbringing in the Sauerland, a well-to-do, rural Catholic region in Germany’s west, and his early career ...

Germany's next chancellor is set to be conservative leader Friedrich Merz after his party, thee Christian Democratic Union, ...

What kind of democracy do legislators want? This question was at the center of a recent discussion with Melody Crowder-Meyer, ...

Just months after Vice President J.D. Vance admonished European officials for censoring citizens, a new German governing ...

The US government led by President Donald Trump is an adversary of Europe and Germany, the chief executive of German ...

Carnivals in Germany have long satirized the powerful. Calls to keep politics out of the festivities are now being used to ...

The state of European politics can best be captured by looking at the formation of Germany’s new government: sluggish, backward-looking, and obsessively state-centered. No matter what is ...

In Berlin, a new coalition government led by Friedrich Merz is forming. Merz has appointed allies and corporate executives to tackle Germany's economic challenges. Key positions like the economy ...

Outgoing Economy Minister Robert Habeck said the government cut its 2025 outlook to zero from the modest growth of 0.3% it ...

The nominations from the CDU and CSU show that the shift to the right that is taking place in the US under Donald Trump is ...

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