President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow’s trust in the EU capitals has been broken, but expressed cautious optimism ...

The Russian diplomat recalled that Vladimir Zelensky was even able to misinterpret the statements of former French President Francois Hollande and former German Chancellor Angela Merkel that "they nev ...

Germany's new leaders are pulling out the stops to revitalize its sluggish economy and strengthen defense. The post Germany ...

The AfD, which doubled its share of the vote to 20.8 percent and has 152 seats in the 630-seat legislature, is now the ...

The class of lawmakers taking office is noticeably more male and less diverse than the constituents it will represent.

A senior politician of the center-right Christian Democratic Union, Klöckner is considered a confidante of party leader and likely new chancellor, Friedrich Merz. When he announced Klöckner's ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's new parliament on Tuesday elected as its speaker a conservative former minister, who called for ...

For decades, Germans took Russia's energy, China's market and the US' security guarantee for granted. They can't be so complacent any more For decades, Germany prided itself on fiscal restraint, ...

Ten years after Kyiv and Moscow first negotiated a ceasefire to end the fighting in Ukraine’s east, the two sides may once ...

A bold move by Germany’s prime minister-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to ease longstanding caps on government spending has won ...

The leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and a top contender for the chancellorship, Merz is playing a ...

Germany was already in bad standing with Trump while Angela Merkel was Chancellor — not least because of her open refugee policy, which Trump abhors. Although Merz has repeatedly distanced himself ...