When German conservative leader Friedrich Merz takes power next week, he will quickly have to grapple with a tough question: ...

The CDU-CSU will lead Germany’s next government after three-and-a-half years of the deeply unpopular three-way coalition headed by Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, who governed along with the Greens and ...

Germany's spy agency on Friday classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as "extremist", enabling it to step up ...

Donald Trump’s trade war is creating some unexpected European benefits. German 10-year Bunds are now yielding less than prior ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's domestic intelligence agency on Friday classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as ...

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

BERLIN — The sturdiest pillars of Germany’s domestic and international identity have been pulverized with such dizzying speed ...

As Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth commented recently, an ideal American strategy would be one where Europe takes the ownership of the “conventional deterrence,” and it is implied that the U.S. will ...

Germany’s center-left Social Democrats have approved a deal to join a new coalition government, paving the way for parliament ...

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) has approved a coalition agreement with Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc, paving ...

Germany’s Social Democrats approve coalition deal, paving the way for parliament to elect Friedrich Merz as chancellor.

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