Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, increasingly pitches himself as a pragmatist akin to Angela Merkel. But his mantra ...

Two narratives presenting opposing takes on the classification of Alternative for Germany (AfD) as an extremist far-right ...

Germany, long a synonym for economic brawn and muscle, is beginning to recall words like lumbago or sciatica instead. Though ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government is easing Germany’s stance against nuclear energy in European Union policy discussions ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on his conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) to focus more on the east of the ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz defended his government's new migration policy on Saturday, saying it remains in line with ...

Significantly, Merz began his speech by praising the pro-war and rearmament policies of his predecessor, Olaf Scholz (SPD).

Germany’s recent federal election signaled a shift in the country’s politics – and employers will surely feel the impact. The center-right ...

And yet Germany’s leaders have struggled to come to grips with the full dimensions of the crisis. The prior government, a three-party coalition helmed by the center-left Social Democratic Party of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Friedrich Merz received a rude shock on the morning of May 6, 2025, ...

The condemnation of the AfD has raised a fundamental dilemma of democracy: How does an open, free, pluralistic society ...

Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU)—collectively known as the ...