Friedrich Merz received a rude shock on the morning of May 6, 2025, as he prepared to lose the “in-waiting” qualifier from ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky joined the leaders of dozens of European countries and organizations for a one-day ...

Germany and the UK are increasing their military cooperation. They want to develop long-range precision weapons. The aim is ...

The new chancellor’s economic gamble and socially conservative agenda test the limits of coalition unity, as Germany ...

Delegations from Russia and Ukraine are set to meet for peace talks in Turkey on Friday. But, Presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, nor US President Donald Trump, will be there following ...

Merz criticized Russian leader Vladimir Putin for failing to attend the talks in Turkey, calling it a misstep.

US President Donald Trump’s secretary of state Marco Rubio accused the German state of “tyranny in disguise”, further ...

Germany’s finance minister said the country “is ready” to follow a 5 percent of GDP spending target, but that’s dismaying his ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has stated that a new package of sanctions against Russia may be adopted at the EU Council ...

Although Friedrich Merz has big ambitions for Germany’s international role, significant domestic pressures remain and will constrain his government’s room for manoeuvre.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz believes that the debate over the share of defence spending as a percentage of economic ...

A ceasefire must serve as the foundation for political negotiations, and the EU will continue to pressure Russia into coming ...