Modern politics can be brutally unforgiving for incumbent politicians. Yet, for incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz, ...

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Deutschland-Kurier editor-in-chief David Bendels has been sentenced to seven months’ probation for sharing a satirical meme ...

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Lawmakers from the incoming chancellor’s CDU party signal an end to the “firewall” that saw mainstream politicians refuse to ...

After weeks of negotiations and ideological adjustments, Germany’s conservative and centre-left parties have sealed a ...

Donald Trump minced no words. His high-decibel MAGA chant was his anti-globalisation drive. Hare-brained takeovers of the ...