Former German chancellor Angela Merkel dismissed accusations of a cover-up regarding her handling of intelligence reports on ...

German intelligence agency BND had assessed in 2020 that the possibility of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19 disease, ...

Germany’s “Great Coalitions” are getting smaller. In the (then West German) Federal Republic in the 1980s, the centrist major parties gathered over 85% of the vote between them. In 2025, the former ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called for European unity in the face of current political challenges, ...

The World Trade Organization chief urged America's global trading partners on Friday to listen to U.S. concerns about tariffs ...

Europe must never again find itself in a position where the likes of US vice-president JD Vance have life-and-death power ...

The debt brake was a nice idea when it was introduces in 2009, but if there was ever a time for Germany to use debt spending ...

Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe?” The question was famously attributed to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry ...

Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

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 is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor ... who saw his ascent derailed by former Chancellor Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and even turned his back on ...