In this book, Röttgen, a veteran German parliamentarian and one of the Christian Democratic Union’s leading foreign-policy thinkers, previews what lies ahead for the new government.

The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) bloc and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) enjoy ...

Germany has officially abolished the 3-year fast-track citizenship route for well-integrated immigrants. The decision affects a pathway that allowed immigrants ...

Germany has scrapped the fast-track citizenship option that allowed well-integrated immigrants to become German citizens ...

True to its Gaullist legacy, France has always been wary of becoming too dependent on the Western world’s great superpower.

The Dortmund Labour Court found that the sacking of Ahmad Otham, who had supported Palästina Solidarität Duisburg (PSDU), by ...

Modern politics can be brutally unforgiving for incumbent politicians. Yet, for incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz, ...

Not since Konrad Adenauer became the first chancellor of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 ... Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democrats ...

Climate action was too important to exclude the part of German society appalled by activism, a CDU policymaker states.

After the German federal government break-up in November 2024 and the new elections in February 2025, the political parties – Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)/ Christian Social Union ...

However, Mr Klingbeil added: "Germany must be a place of stability ... The proposed coalition of his centre-right Christian Democratic Union; its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social ...

A new coalition agreement between Germany's Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democratic Party contains several labor and employment law proposals. Provisions in the agreement address ...