True to its Gaullist legacy, France has always been wary of becoming too dependent on the Western world’s great superpower.

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

The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) bloc and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) enjoy ...

Presumptive next Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed to modernize Europe's largest economy. He also said Germany would play a ...

Friedrich Merz, who is set to become the new Chancellor, plans to abolish the eight-hour working day in Germany. The new ...

The substance of the coalition deal, signed less than a week ago, has become a bone of contention — before the government has ...

Germany's conservative CDU party and its social-democrat counterpart agreed on a coalition deal, but how does it look at home and in Brussels? #RadioSchuman ...

Friedrich Merz speaks during a press conference on planned major investments, in Berlin, on March 4, 2025, following exploratory talks between the conservative CDU/CSU and the social democratic SPD ...

The German parliament plans to meet on May 6 to elect Friedrich Merz as the country's next leader, if all the parties in his ...

Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU), the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) last week struck ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz strongly condemned a Russian attack in northeastern Ukraine that killed more ...