Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

But the heart of the book is her tour de force march through 21st-century German and European politics and history. This is not a tell-all memoir, nor does Merkel waste any time on introspection, ...

Well, of course not. But Germany's accidental chancellor has a crucial role to play in history, like it or not ...

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Mohammad Azmouz, a Syrian barber living in Berlin, said casting his first ever vote on Sunday at the age of 57 was an ...

After Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a plurality of seats in federal elections Sunday, party ...

Merz expressed concern over changing relations with Washington under the Trump administration, emphasizing the need for ...

Friedrich Merz has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent's security as it grapples with the new Trump ...

Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...