Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz last week said the UK and France should discuss whether their nuclear protection ...

Bjorn Höcke, the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany ’s ( AfD) most extreme faction, in the central German region ...

German conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz appears poised to win the country’s election Sunday, while the far-right ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become the next Chancellor at a time of great tumult at home and abroad, writes John Kampfner.

Europe's participation in Ukraine peace talks will be needed eventually but Moscow first wants to build trust with Washington ...

Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) wants to have a bigger say in foreign policy. It is relying on its contacts within the Trump administration in the US to help it exert pressure on the ...

The once poorly equipped German military is rising to a new challenge: Protecting the Baltic from Vladimir Putin’s ‘hybrid ...

Nahal Toosi is POLITICO’s senior foreign affairs correspondent. She has reported on war, genocide and political chaos in a career that has taken her around the world. Germans delivered a major ...

A senior Russian official says preparations have begun for a face-to-face meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and ...

In this weekend’s vote, Europe’s largest economic power decides whether to decisively re-enter history or continue its risky ...

Germany, Poland and Spain all signalled reluctance to deploy troops to the Ukraine as part of the settlement. Britain, France ...