Triumphant CDU leader hits out at Washington and calls for stronger European security amid attempts to build government.
One of the world’s most climate-ambitious governments is about to fall, replaced by a likely chancellor who says green policy ...
Germany’s likely next chancellor wants to reboot ties with France, do a free-trade deal with Donald Trump and get tougher on ...
with Russia's war in Ukraine contributing to the country's economic hardships. Main Party Leaders: The main party leaders include incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz of the CDU ...
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 ...
The German government is preparing for an upheaval in its parliament as citizens head to the ballot box following the collapse of the nation's ruling coalition.
South Africa says peace negotiation talks between United States officials and Russia should have included Ukraine ...
When Olaf Scholz campaigned for ... to his familiar politics of muddling through. Scholz’s chancellorship failed in three big ways. First came economic mismanagement. Under his watch, Germany ...
In recent years, Ukraine has frequently encountered diplomatic setbacks. Aggressive rhetoric, accusations, and ultimatums have become the main instruments of the country’s foreign policy with Kuleba, ...
Last weekend’s Munich Security Conference (MSC) unleashed a geopolitical earthquake that may realign Europe’s relationship with the U.S. and China. U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance delivered a ...
Analysts say Beijing will try to exploit growing tension between the US and European countries – but say these efforts won’t ...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a reception for carnival ... on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus ...