She started out in China on a German government scholarship and stayed to write a doctoral thesis on its pension system, ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has topped a national poll for the first time, prompting the popular Bild ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and his CDU won the German election — yet his personal popularity is low and getting ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and his CDU won Germany's election, yet his personal popularity is low — and getting lower. Most Germans don't trust him, not least because of his approach to the ...

Frustration with established parties across Europe has created openings the right has been quick to fill. Can a divided left ...

Modern politics can be brutally unforgiving for incumbent politicians. Yet, for incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz, ...

A fumbled trophy, Greenland trip and a tense visit with the president of Ukraine. These moments define JD Vance's first days ...

A fumbled trophy, Greenland trip and a tense visit with the president of Ukraine. These moments define JD Vance's first days as vice president.

Germany's incoming coalition government is seeking a common position on how to deal with the far-right Alternative for ...

"And in this situation, we have a power vacuum. This fuels the unease among the population." In response to the latest polling figures, AfD Co-chair Alice Weidel said: "There's no way around the AfD ...

As the CDU and SPD have finalized their coalition deal, Berlin shifts toward tougher migration policies, with a new migration ...