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

“This really is democracy’s last bullet,” said CSU leader Markus Söder. While he was referring to the threat from the far right if the coalition fails, Germany in 2025 has a long list of dangers to ...

After weeks of negotiations and ideological adjustments, Germany's conservative and centre-left parties have sealed a power-sharing deal, setting the stage for Friedrich Merz to take over as ...

The German chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz plans to visit Paris, Warsaw, and Kyiv shortly after taking office on May 7. This is part of his strategy to strengthen relations with key partners. What ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said Donald Trump’s tariff policies increase the risk of a financial crisis and advocated for a U.S.-European free trade agreement, picking up on an idea th ...

Germany stands at a political and economic crossroads. The elevation of Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic ...

Over at that other Spectator, the one published in the U.K., one of their regular writers, Matthew Parris, recently published ...

MICHAEL KIMMAGE is Professor of History at the Catholic University of America and the author of The Abandonment of the West: ...

Merz is likely to hold even more power over German ... cabinet job as transport minister from 2013 to 2017 under Angela Merkel. Economic development ministry For the SPD, there’s also the ...

Germany, meanwhile, fell out of Trump's favor years ago, when former Chancellor Angela Merkel was still at the helm. This was not least due to her open refugee policy, which apparently was a thorn in ...

But even though Merz has consistently distanced himself from Merkel politically, a personal meeting between him and Trump would likely not be easy. To date, nothing has been planned. Trump's ...

The top job has been late in coming for Merz, a trained lawyer who saw his ascent derailed by former Chancellor Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and even turned his back on active politics for ...