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

The senior leadership of Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats were due to begin talks on hammering out ...

The decisions made by the new Bundestag will determine whether Europe moves toward stronger unity and security, or risks ...

President Donald Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on March 10, 2025. Alex Wong Getty Images Peter Altmaier, once the right-hand man of former ...

(Bloomberg) -- Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz plans to free Germany from the fiscal straitjacket that former leader Angela Merkel had locked her country into for more than a decade, a move ...

Germany's new parliament sits for the first time on Tuesday with a reduced headcount, fewer women and a record number of lawmakers from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). HELMUT KOHL'S ...

Mr. Hermsmeier is a journalist who writes about Germany’s politics and society. Friedrich Merz didn’t waste time. Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made it clear that she categorically rejects the derogatory use of the term "Putin-Versteher" (one who understands Putin) to describe her. Source: Merkel in ...

Was the report on the causes of the pandemic kept under lock and key? Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel denies it, and Beijing appeals. According to media reports, the German foreign intelligence ...

Peter Altmaier, once the right-hand man of former German chancellor Angela Merkel, took to the stage to say Germany stands ...