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, ...

Germany has scrapped the fast-track citizenship option that allowed well-integrated immigrants to become German citizens ...

Germany has officially abolished the 3-year fast-track citizenship route for well-integrated immigrants. The decision affects a pathway that allowed immigrants ...

Unhealthy cost-structure According to a recent report by the German Aerospace Center (DLR), local airport costs have risen by ...

Frustration with established parties across Europe has created openings the right has been quick to fill. Can a divided left ...

The CEO of German national railway Deutsche Bahn says the company needs some €150 billion ($170.5 billion) to upgrade and ...

With liberalism, freedom and democracy under threat globally, it's a time for 'giants' – but this is a 'coalition of the ...

BERLIN, April 18. /TSS/. A scenario where German troops are deployed to Ukraine is unimaginable, Lars Klingbeil, co-leader of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), said. "I cannot imagine us ...

World / Is the country’s latest grand coalition a shaky marriage of convenience—or “democracy’s last bullet”? Linda Mannheim ...

Rubio arrived in Paris on Thursday morning. Rubio and Witkoff will have “talks with European counterparts to advance President Trump’s goal to end the Russia-Ukraine war and stop the bloodshed,” State ...

Daniela Schwarzer asks whether the incoming coalition government can meet the four key challenges facing the country.