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The Zeitenwende Is Real This Time
MICHAEL KIMMAGE is Professor of History at the Catholic University of America and the author of The Abandonment of the West: ...
How will Trump, Putin shape Germany's foreign policy?
Germany's conservative and center-left parties are eager to reach a coalition deal, given the many uncertainties abroad. One ...
Germany: Merz strikes coalition deal with SPD, but his promises require much more
As Merz prepares to assume the chancellorship, all eyes are on how his administration will navigate a rapidly shifting global ...
We'll cut your aid if you don't take your citizens back, Friedrich Merz tells foreign countries whose residents continue immigrating to Germany
The foreign aid budget - which has been a huge source of pride for officials in the European country - could be slashed amid ...
Politico Europe15h
Friedrich Merz’s cabinet: Who will lead Germany’s key ministries?
Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is set to take the foreign and economy ministries, while the SPD will ...
Germany hides ‘Black Zero’ statue as era of spending begins
In Stuttgart, the Black Zero statue was created by the state finance ministry of Baden-Württemberg in 2014 to celebrate the fact that it had reached a balanced budget several times in the previous ...
We'll cut your aid if you don't take your citizens back, Merz says
The foreign aid budget - which has been a huge source of pride for officials in the European country - could be slashed amid ...
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AfD surges to the top of German opinion polls, shaking the political establishment
In a historic first for Germany’s political landscape, the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has topped a major ...