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

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

Germany was already in bad standing with Trump while Angela Merkel was Chancellor — not least because of her open refugee ...

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

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, ...

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

Angela Merkel said there is nothing wrong with attempting to understand Vladimir Putin. In an interview with the Berliner Zeitung, the former German chancellor criticized the invasion of Ukraine and ...

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

“Germany, the guardian of fiscal austerity in Europe ... The debt brake, enshrined in the constitution, was brought in by ...

Last January Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU ... but she was still by far the most trusted politician in Germany. Indeed, she is universally known as “Mutti” (Mummy).

Lawmakers in Germany took a step to loosen a long-standing limit on government debt. The move aims to allow the ...

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