The likely next government should have substantial financial leeway, thanks to credit-financed special funds. However, it ...

Trump hailed the result as a "GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY," while the far-right AfD party that Elon Musk has championed made historic gains.

Was the report on the causes of the pandemic kept under lock and key? Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel denies it, and ...

According to media reports, the German foreign intelligence service, the BND, suspected as early as 2020 that the Covid-19 ...

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

However, it remains highly unlikely Merz will go to AfD to form a coalition. CDU under political titan Angela Merkel helped establish Germany as a force in European politics, but the party's fortunes ...

He was first elected to the European Parliament in 1989, and by 2000 had become chairman of the CDU’s parliamentary alliance. However, fellow party member Angela Merkel eventually pushed Merz aside, ...

GEMRANY’S PARLIAMENT HAS passed a huge defence and infrastructure investment package proposed by chancellor-in-waiting ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel dismissed accusations of a cover-up regarding her handling of intelligence reports on ...

An old-school conservative, Merz wants to rid the CDU of his long-time rival Angela Merkel’s more centrist legacy. He was born in 1955 into a conservative, Catholic family in the North Rhine ...

When Angela Merkel rose to lead the CDU parliamentary group in 2002 and entered the Chancellery in 2005, the much more conservative-minded Merz withdrew and stayed away from politics for years.