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 ...

However, it will also face big foreign policy challenges— almost all of which are linked to Donald Trump. Those were the ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing ...

Merkel collaborated especially well with France’s Emmanuel Macron, a passionate fellow Europeanist, communicating a vision of a united Europe and its core values to the rest of the world. Dubbed “ ...

Under the Merkel regime, of which incoming Chancellor Merz ... in Ukraine in exchange for exportation to it of strategic minerals. This was President Zelensky’s idea. In Germany the burning question ...

Friedrich Merz, almost assured to be Germany’s next chancellor, is ignoring conventional wisdom when it comes to relations ...

For Altmaier, once dubbed Merkel’s ... once helped protect Germany from Soviet aggression. On stage, Castro described the situation with the new U.S. president dryly: “(Canada) seems ...

On March 13, 2025, a public hearing was held in the budget committee of the German Bundestag on the planned amendment to the ...

Angela Merkel said there is nothing wrong with attempting to understand Vladimir Putin. In an interview with the Berliner Zeitung, the former German chancellor criticized the invasion of Ukraine and ...

Once a coalition is formed, the German president—different ... He’s a longtime rival of Merkel who had left politics after she ascended to power in Germany, and previously lost two votes ...

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory.

Among German voters, 65 percent are worried that Germany is helpless against President Trump and President ... “grand coalition” supported Ms. Merkel through three of her four terms, and ...