The Franco-German partnership, historically central to key decisions in Brussels, has been strained over the past three years ...

Merz has pledged to tighten immigration controls, introducing a five-point plan that includes stricter border checks, entry ...

The centre-right CDU's leader has committed himself to taking a more active role in the bloc in the midst of what he says is ...

Following rare back-to-back economic contractions in 2023 and 2024, German businesses are hopeful that a new government ...

German voters are heading to the polls for a national election. German voters are heading to the polls Sunday for a national ...

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

If Europe’s leaders dare learn the tough lesson Trump is teaching, they will restore national cohesion — which prosperity ...

Former Mayer Brown counsel and Blackrock advisor Friedrich Merz is Germany’s presumptive new Chancellor after his Christian ...

Friedrich Merz looks poised to form a coalition between his center-right alliance and the center-left Social Democrats, but ...

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F RIEDRICH MERZ, who is likely to become Germany’s next chancellor, used his victory in Sunday’s elections to issue a ...

The next German government faces calls to loosen borrowing rules, slash energy costs and spur innovation. It won’t be easy.