The European Union is getting good at adapting to unprecedented circumstances. Over the last five years, the 27 member ...

Mark Leonard asks how Germany's incoming chancellor can ensure the continent's defense – not least against the US.

Shunned by liberal Germans, anti-immigration AfD is now the second strongest party in Germany. It's also favored by President ...

It’s an approach British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is not likely to mirror as he heads to Washington for his first ...

The German electorate has backed conservative Friedrich Merz to lead Germany, and by extension Europe, during a decisive stress test in trans-Atlantic relations. Can he rise to expectations?

Following the victory of the Christian Democrats with Friedrich Merz in the Bundestag election, Brussels has not only offered congratulations but also made its first demands. Germany is expected to ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Monday marked the bleakest anniversary yet of its war against the Russia invasion, with the ...

We are at a historic watershed in the transatlantic alliance which has protected Europe so well these past 80 years since our continent emerged from the ashes of World War II.

Friedrich Merz led the party to a 28.6% share of the vote. The far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party came second with ...

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

With over 28 per cent of the vote, Merz’s CDU/CSU bloc handily defeated Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) and ...

German election winner Friedrich Merz on Monday faced the task of quickly building a new government that is eagerly awaited ...