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

Germany’s new Parliament sees a drop in female representation, with women making up just 32% of lawmakers, sparking concerns ...

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

Conservative German politician Julia Klockner was elected president of the German parliament on Tuesday.

Germany's new parliament sits for the first time on Tuesday with a reduced headcount, fewer women and a record number of ...

CDU politician Julia Klöckner is the new President of the German Bundestag. At the constituent session of the national ...

Germany's new parliament is convening for the first time after the February 23 federal election that brought an end to the ...

Germany's new parliament sits for the first time on Tuesday with a reduced headcount, fewer women and a record number of ...

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 ...

Angela Merkel is the Chancellor of Germany and has been since 2005. Merkel is the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and entered politics after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

She came to PEOPLE in March 2021 after working at a number of major news companies, including Newsweek and Us Weekly. Daniele Venturelli/Getty; Cindy Ord/Getty; Taylor Hill/WireImage Angela ...