As the Trump administration ramps up its rhetoric against Ukraine and NATO, European countries are taking note — with ...

Germany's incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz has begun talks with the Social Democrats to approve a €200 billion defence ...

Facing a slowing German economy, high energy bills, onerous bureaucracy and the threat of US tariffs, a Black Forest-based ...

Germany’s mainstream conservatives have won the country’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the ...

When Germans went to the polls on Sunday, February 23, three main issues appeared to be weighing on the public: high energy ...

If Europe’s leaders dare learn the tough lesson Trump is teaching, they will restore national cohesion — which prosperity ...

The Christian Democrats are forming a new coalition, with plans that include a possible restart of nuclear power.

Former Mayer Brown counsel and Blackrock advisor Friedrich Merz is Germany’s presumptive new Chancellor after his Christian ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...

Germany now faces weeks to months of negotiations as the conservatives, under presumptive Chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz, ...

The likely next chancellor is unpopular, and his country’s economy has stalled. But his penchant for risks could help lead to ...

Friedrich Merz has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent's security as it grapples with the new Trump ...