Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called for European unity in the face of current political challenges, ...

Germany’s “Great Coalitions” are getting smaller. In the (then West German) Federal Republic in the 1980s, the centrist major parties gathered over 85% of the vote between them. In 2025, the former ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

The real winners of Germany’s election are sitting in Moscow. Despite Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats (CDU) technically ...

Angela King is the local host of Morning Edition. She’s been a part of the northwest news scene since the early 1990s. A proud University of Washington alumna, with degrees in Broadcast ...

Paul Hockenos is a journalist and author based in Berlin. His most recent book is “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, ...

CDU celebrations are muted because a 28.52pc vote share means a weaker negotiating position in coalition with the centre-Left ...

The surging far-right is a symptom of a world slipping out of progressive control – and comprehension.

From Danijel Višević, General Partner, World Fund, Former communications adviser to chancellor Angela Merkel, Berlin, Germany ...

Merkel enjoyed an improbable rise from East German chemistry researcher to her reunited country’s first female chancellor. For a time, she was the world’s most respected head of state, at the center of ...

The Christian Democrats are forming a new coalition, with plans that include a possible restart of nuclear power.

The already strained relationship between former Chancellor Angela Merkel and the current CDU election winner Friedrich Merz ...