“This really is democracy’s last bullet,” said CSU leader Markus Söder. While he was referring to the threat from the far ...

Lawmakers from the incoming chancellor’s CDU party signal an end to the “firewall” that saw mainstream politicians refuse to ...

A group of senior Conservative MPs has met with German sister parties to discuss how to recover from their 2024 general ...

Last January Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) were ahead in the German opinion polls by fifteen points. She was stepping down after sixteen years as chancellor (prime minister), but she ...

BERLIN — German lawmakers will gather in early May to elect Friedrich Merz as chancellor after his conservative bloc sealed a ...

After weeks of negotiations and ideological adjustments, Germany’s conservative and centre-left parties have sealed a ...

With liberalism, freedom and democracy under threat globally, it's a time for 'giants' – but this is a 'coalition of the ...

Despite Donald Trump’s lurch into protectionism and coercion, Friedrich Merz believes a transatlantic trade deal can still be ...