This year marks 80 years since VE Day, the anniversary of Germany’s surrender marking the end of the Second World War in ...

“This really is democracy’s last bullet,” said CSU leader Markus Söder. While he was referring to the threat from the far right if the coalition fails, Germany in 2025 has a long list of dangers to ...

The German government and Analena Baerbock’s Foreign Ministry are excluding Russia from the commemoration because they are ...

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Serbian university students who say their fight for justice is being overlooked in much of Europe ...

Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU), the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) last week struck ...

BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament plans to meet on May 6 to elect Friedrich Merz as the country's next leader, if all the ...

David Bendels, editor-in-chief of the Alternative for Germany (AfD)-affiliated Deutschland Kurier, has been sentenced to a seven-month suspended prison sentence for spreading a fake meme featuring ...

If all three parties approve the coalition agreement, the German parliament could elect Merz as the new chancellor in early May, replacing Olaf Scholz. According to local media, the agreement's ...

[AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi] On Wednesday, Germany’s Chancellor-designate Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), along with Social Democratic Party (SPD) leaders Lars Klingbeil ...

She went on to lead Germany from 2005 to 2021. A break from politics Merz turned his back on active politics for several years after leaving the parliament in 2009. He practiced law and headed the ...

Merz pushed measures through parliament to allow him to unleash a borrowing bonanza to fund a big boost in defence and infrastructure spending and support struggling German companies.