Paul Hockenos is a journalist and author based in Berlin. His most recent book is “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, ...
French President Emmanuel Macron will dine with Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Wednesday evening, the Elysee said.
German voters picked Conservative party head Friedrich Merz to lead Germany, and by extension Europe, during a decisive stress test in trans-Atlantic relations. Can he rise to expectations?
Far-right parties have become leading opposition forces in both Germany and France, and they believe they hold the democratic future of these countries in their hands.
If he wants an effective governing majority, Chancellor Friedrich Merz must invite the AfD into the government.
The incoming conservative-led government in Germany will face daunting challenges as it confronts a rapidly changing security ...
According to the bill, at a time of martial law, Ukrainian military units can be deployed to other countries and stay there "in order to carry out activities related to ensuring national security and ...
Merz’s Conservative CDU emerged as the largest party in Sunday’s federal elections, winning 208 seats in the 630-seat German ...
As the Trump administration ramps up its rhetoric against Ukraine and NATO, European countries are taking note — with ...
Friedrich Merz looks poised to form a coalition between his center-right alliance and the center-left Social Democrats, but ...
Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...
The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), have emerged victorious in Germany’s snap parliamentary elections, dealing a significant blow to ...