Germany has emerged from its recent election with a grand coalition of the center-right CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic Party likely, but the rise of the far-right AfD party and its ...

As Europe prepares for a world without American military aid, the E.U. plans to invest €800 billion on defense.

Friedrich Merz promised tougher measures to tackle illegal migration, including by turning away people at Germany's borders ...

In this episode of Need to Know, Robin Quinville, Director of the Wilson Center’s Global Europe Program, joins host John ...

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Germany’s recent elections marked a turning point in the country’s political landscape. While the center-right CDU has ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

Enhanced border controls: Reinstating controls at Germany's borders with neighboring ... and integrating migrants into German society under stricter terms. The CDU's tough stance on immigration ...

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), have emerged victorious in Germany’s snap parliamentary elections, dealing a significant blow to ...

with results showing the far-right party ahead in areas of former East Germany, including Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia. The AfD's co-leader Alice Weidel said she was open for coalition ...

While the far right made historic gains in Germany’s pivotal federal elections on Sunday, the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party ultimately thrived with Friedrich Merz securing ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's mainstream conservatives, has said that Europe must become independent from the United States ... said that, under Merz, the Trump administration can ...