Should an AfD-led Germany withdraw from NATO, the alliance would surely collapse, as would an EU without Germany. Instead, a ...

Germany’s 2025 election results mark a right-wing shift, reshaping European politics and US-EU relations. As CDU and AfD gain ...

Shortly after the German election polls closed Sunday, Elon Musk placed a congratulatory call — but not to conservative leader Friedrich Merz, who will become Germany’s next chancellor.

Twenty-five years after the launch of the euro, the European Union faces a serious predicament, with the two largest ...

AfD leader Alice Weidel accuses Germany's likely future chancellor Friedrich Merz of "election fraud." She says Merz promised to "close the borders" but did the opposite. Is that true?

Shortly after the German election polls closed Sunday, Elon Musk placed a congratulatory call — but not to conservative ...

The German elections are, in many respects, paradoxical. The electoral shifts, which saw the major parties’ combined vote ...

Germany's conservatives led by election winner Friedrich Merz held first talks Friday with the Social Democrats on forming a ...

It’s not just in Britain that defence spending is top of the agenda. In Germany, too, the debate has turned to how the ...

Merz’s government is the last chance for the German establishment parties to govern effectively,” says Matt Gertken, ...

Friedrich Merz is in favor of boosting Europe’s military strength, standing against antisemites and by the Jewish state, and getting tougher on Iran.