No country in Europe is as much a product of enlightened postwar American diplomacy. Now adrift, it has begun to reckon with ...

The Treaty of Versailles, which was signed on 28 June 1919, was intended to bring peace following World War I — but instead ...

Ukraine, Armenia and others in Russia’s crosshairs must be allowed to join the Western alliance ...

Russian Poland, Lithuania and part of Latvia were ceded to Germany ... treaty was abrogated, which at least saved Russia from some of the worst consequences, though Poland, the Baltic states and ...

Donald Trump has hailed a "great day for Germany" as the conservative bloc CDU/CSU looks set to take the election. It could also be an historic night for the far-right AfD party, if exit polls are ...

The decisions Germany’s next leader takes on the revival of the defence sector - and particularly its funding - will be key for Ukraine, Nato and the UK-EU reset The German military’s honorary ...

Germany’s parliamentary polls yielded results on expected lines on Monday (February 25). The Conservative Democratic Union party and their Bavarian counterpart Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) have ...

The treaty is a central part of UK human rights law and has been used to halt attempts to deport migrants who are deemed to be in the UK illegally. The treaty was also recently cited in a case ...

Celebrating its best-ever result, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has made extraordinary gains in the last few years. It has doubled its vote share since 2021 with more than 10 million ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election ...

Before he can focus on German foreign policy, however, Merz's first task will be to put together a government capable of taking action. With only 28.6% of the vote, the conservative union of ...

Christian Democrats leader Friedrich Merz will likely be the next chancellor of Germany after his party won the majority of the seats in the country's election. Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via ...