Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats started exploratory talks Friday on a possible coalition government, but were tightlippe ...

Germany’s 2025 election results mark a right-wing shift, reshaping European politics and US-EU relations. As CDU and AfD gain ...

Mass Indonesian protests against Prabowo Subianto. Israel and Hamas hold ceasefire deal talks. Germany’s election shake-up.

Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next head of government, is already trying to shape foreign policy. He is especially concerned about Germany's ailing relationships with France and Poland.

In Germany, center-right wins election German opposition leader Friedrich Merz is set to be the country’s next chancellor ...

France and Britain are unlikely to include European allies in their nuclear deterrence, analysts said after future German ...

Preliminary talks aim to establish guidelines, timeline for formal coalition talks, as migration, public spending emerge as ...

The German elections are, in many respects, paradoxical. The electoral shifts, which saw the major parties’ combined vote ...

Conservative party leader Friedrich Merz is poised to become Germany's next chancellor. He's long been a transatlanticist, but has made clear he's no fan of US President Donald Trump.

Friedrich Merz is in favor of boosting Europe’s military strength, standing against antisemites and by the Jewish state, and getting tougher on Iran.

It’s not just in Britain that defence spending is top of the agenda. In Germany, too, the debate has turned to how the ...

In today’s edition of The Capitals, discover more about the new Austrian government’s push for an EU electricity market ...