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

Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe? The question was famously attributed to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry ...

Watch the trailer for 'Merkel,' a documentary about Germany's historic chancellor, Angela Merkel, who ruled for 16 years.

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CDU celebrations are muted because a 28.52pc vote share means a weaker negotiating position in coalition with the centre-Left ...

Paul Hockenos is a journalist and author based in Berlin. His most recent book is “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, ...

The surging far-right is a symptom of a world slipping out of progressive control – and comprehension.

Merz would return German politics to the right and the traditional conservatism of the Christian Democrats. It would be a remarkable comeback for a man pushed aside by Angela Merkel in the early ...

Friedrich Merz heralds a new era for Germany, after the German elections revealed a majority of young voters are leaning ...

King Henry the Fowler was crowned here by Franconian nobles in 919, earning the trading centre the honorary and resonant title of Cradle of the German ... chancellor Angela Merkel went public ...

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started exploratory talks on a possible coalition government ...

When Elon Musk posted on X in December that the only thing that could “save Germany” was the AfD, he was embracing a ...