“This really is democracy’s last bullet,” said CSU leader Markus Söder. While he was referring to the threat from the far right if the coalition fails, Germany in 2025 has a long list of dangers to ...

It has also shocked many observers in a country whose constitution guarantees the free expression and distribution of ...

Germany's three largest political parties have agreed to form a new government, uniting the center-right Christian Democrats ...

Week Ahead – German Elections and US PCE Inflation on Investors’ Radar By Trading Point - Feb 21, 2025 Germany goes to the polls, but far-right AfD is unlikely to form a government.

Aging membership and an increasingly secular society are causing challenges for Pax Christi, the 80-year-old international ...

Don’t be fooled: Germany’s Christian Democratic Uni­on is not the same party it was under the former chancellor, Angela Merkel. In early February, just a few weeks before the German federal elections, ...

With a net worth estimated at $100 million, Christian von Koenigsegg wants to keep a low profile and commutes to work in a tiny Toyota Yaris. Of course, it is not just any Toyota Yaris.

Merz’s critics say he is failing to make good on pre-election vows to move his Christian Democratic Union (CDU ... more time attempting to repair his damaged image at home. Already Germany’s ...

For a week now, behind closed doors, the leading representatives of the Christian Democrats (CDU ... on a par with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), which saw significant gains in ...

Germany, the biggest trading partner of the United States, had a trade surplus of a record 70 billion euros with the U.S. in 2024. An export-oriented nation, Germany will be the biggest European ...

Nerves are on edge in Germany’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) as controversial coalition discussions have seen their opinion poll lead over the far-right melt away to just one ...

Brussels has a "strong plan to retaliate" against Trump's reciprocal tariffs, Ursula von der Leyen has said while calling for a "negotiated solution". The European Union holds "a lot of cards ...