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

“This really is democracy’s last bullet,” said CSU leader Markus Söder. While he was referring to the threat from the far ...

Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas issued an apology earlier this week after comparing President Donald Trump’s election policies to Nazi Germany. She made the comments while talking about ...

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, who won the February 23 national election, has seen his poll ratings slide following the coalition agreement ...

Despite Donald Trump’s lurch into protectionism and coercion, Friedrich Merz believes a transatlantic trade deal can still be ...

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

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

Stephanie Thomas was discussing her objections to President Trump’s executive order on elections when she referred to Nazi ...

The former Goldman Sachs banker on the impact of US tariffs, and his role in structuring Friedrich Merz’s €1tn spending plan ...

The inspiration for the SS reference, she said in an interview, was a section of Trump’s executive order that seemed to her to be encouraging citizens to inform on election officials who wrongly ...

Germany is willing to send Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine, the country’s chancellor-in-waiting has said, as he stressed the need to put Kyiv on the front foot and force concessions from Russian ...