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In Bochum, a town in the German industrial Ruhr valley, cheesemonger Heike Wischnewski said she was contemplating casting her ballot for the far-right Alternative for Germany. The 60-year-old, whose ...

Friedrich Merz, expected to become Germany's next chancellor, promises a more assertive foreign policy aligned with a strong ...

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At the most newsworthy Munich Security Conference in recent memory last weekend, Germany’s likely next chancellor did all he ...

Friedrich Merz, whose conservative party is ahead in polls before Sunday’s election, sees an “epochal rupture” with a United ...

Germany is being battered from within by a faltering economy and from without by a vengeful Trump administration.

Europe’s leaders and officials have been blindsided by a staggering collapse in American support for Ukraine in the past week ...

Friedrich Merz is on the precipice of becoming Germany’s next chancellor. If successful, his conservatism and quest for new ...

PETER SPARDING is Senior Vice President and Director of Policy at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress and ...

To restore much-needed German impetus in Europe, the country’s next government must find a new sense of urgency and common ...

The CDU advocates stricter border controls, faster asylum processing, and deportations for those without legal residency. It ...