The U.S. is the biggest nuclear power in Europe, but doubts about Washington’s commitment has leaders questioning their ...

The largest bloc of far-right lawmakers elected to a German parliament since 1945 will take up their seats on Tuesday when a ...

The center-right and center-left parties have ended their first round of talks on time. Despite news of "good progress," ...

Merz's tougher stance on migration reflects a changing political landscape, where the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) ...

Working groups from the CDU/CSU and SPD are set to present the results of first coalition talks on Monday, though a number of ...

A bold move by Germany’s prime minister-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to ease longstanding caps on government spending has won ...

Differences remain between Germany's traditional parties as they seek to form a government in Berlin, a leading conservative ...

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

Friedrich Merz, poised to become Germany’s next chancellor, is charting an unexpected course in relations with President ...

The German military, which has seen its numbers dwindle from over half a million to just over 180,000, is now only the fifth largest in Europe.

The SPD has long sought to change the country's Basic Law to weaken the "debt brake" - a strict rule prohibiting budget financing with new debt above a certain level ...

German fiscal reform could also affect the natural rate of interest by increasing the supply of German sovereign bonds, which are currently the benchmark European safe asset.