Supporters say Merz wields the kind of assertive leadership Germany needs as it battles an ailing economy and a potential ...

The far-right group has learned to communicate in a country where traditional media no longer shape public opinion.

After securing the largest share in the German election, Conservative party leader Friedrich Merz has met French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. They discussed European security in the face of a ...

Plan to revive Iowa wind turbine nacelle factory was taken with a long-term market view, José Luis Blanco tells Recharge ...

When you have been a professor of political economy, as I have been, people ask what you are more interested in. Is it politics, or is it ...

Christian Democrats won with their leader, Friedrich Merz, expected to be next chancellor of Germany. But the far right and ...

The conservative CDU led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's 2025 election. With vote counting finished, preliminary results show ...

New Bundestag has only 11.6% lawmakers with migrant backgrounds, despite immigrants comprising nearly 30% of German ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and soon to be chancellor of Germany, announced ...

Incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz is an unlikely candidate to lead a decisive break with the US. But an erstwhile ...

Shunned by liberal Germans, anti-immigration AfD is now the second strongest party in Germany. It's also favored by President Trump's inner circle.