Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and soon to be chancellor of Germany, announced ...

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CDU celebrations are muted because a 28.52pc vote share means a weaker negotiating position in coalition with the centre-Left ...

The surging far-right is a symptom of a world slipping out of progressive control – and comprehension.

And overwhelmingly it has been brought about by allowing millions of Muslims into the West who have no desire to fit in, but ...

From Danijel Višević, General Partner, World Fund, Former communications adviser to chancellor Angela Merkel, Berlin, Germany ...

The Christian Democrat, whose party won the parliamentary elections, quickly began negotiating with the Social Democrats to ...

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

Friedrich Merz looks poised to form a coalition between his center-right alliance and the center-left Social Democrats, but ...

Merz expressed concern over changing relations with Washington under the Trump administration, emphasizing the need for ...

The Left won 8.8 percent of the vote, nearly doubling its share from the last election. It performed especially well in the ...