The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank ...

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to ...

A Rome court on Friday ordered a group of migrants detained in camps built in Albania to be transferred to Italy, sources ...

Friedrich Merz, hitherto favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, suffered a blow three weeks before a national election on Friday when 12 of his own legislators refused to support him in ...

One might almost suspect – what a shocking thought – that conservatives are once again invoking a state of emergency as a ...

Germany's Social Democrats are doubling down on criticism of conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, after a controversial bill on tighter migration policy tabled by his bloc was narrowly ...

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has slammed her conservative rival Friedrich Merz after a ...

German opposition leader and Christian Union parties floor leader Friedrich Merz speaks after the debate and a voting about migration at the German parliament Bundestag.

Social trust in Germany is declining, a new report based on the Berggruen Governance Index (BGI) ahead of Germany’s February 23 parliamentary election warns. However, a possible ...

Monday (February 3): Keir Starmer attends informal EU leaders’ meeting in Brussels; Negotiations due to begin on second phase ...

The country’s likely next chancellor wanted to focus on the economy—before suddenly betting everything on culture war.

On Australia Day, Sydney’s Circular Quay, between the magnificent Harbour Bridge and the Opera House, was thronged with ...