Three goals are being pursued with Germany’s massive rearmament offensive: Breaking free from military dependence on the US, ...

Collective bargaining in the German public sector has again demonstrated that the working class is facing a political ...

Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made historic gains.

But Angela Merkel, then the party's overall leader, blocked his path, and after the CDU lost the 2002 election, replaced him as parliamentary leader as well. "He embodied the more traditional ...

Germany may face months of uncertainty after the CDU/CSU conservative bloc won the national election but with no clear option for forming a government amid a fragmented political landscape.

CDU leader Friedrich Merz and European Commission President ... Von der Leyen, 66, has reigned supreme in Brussels ever since former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, her political patron, helped to ...

The conservative CDU/CSU parliamentary group of Christian Democratic (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz intends to propose experienced politician Julia Klöckner to be the next Bundestag president later ...

Mr Merz is Chairman of the CDU - Germany's center-right party. It was headed for 18 years, from 2000 until 2018, by Angela Merkel. Friedrich Merz's stance on migration In January, Ms Merkel ...

Middle powers, like Germany and South Africa, need to step up their collaboration while striving for a global order based on ...

The centre-right CDU has emerged as the biggest party in the German election, making Merz the most likely to lead a government, following coalition negotiations.

Was the report on the causes of the pandemic kept under lock and key? Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel denies it, and ...

Coalition talks between the CDU and SPD are continuing apace as the parties try to rush major bills on defence and ...