Merz made his first key move on March 18 in the Bundestag, followed by a second on March 21 in the Bundesrat. Both moves ...

Following an abysmal showing in federal elections, the Social Democrats will likely govern as junior partners to the ...

"And the sooner we are prepared the better." Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has changed thinking in Germany ...

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The senior leadership of Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats were due to begin talks on hammering out ...

The AfD, which doubled its share of the vote to 20.8 percent and has 152 seats in the 630-seat legislature, is now the ...

The class of lawmakers taking office is noticeably more male and less diverse than the constituents it will represent.

BERLIN — Germany's new parliament on Tuesday elected as its speaker a conservative former minister, who called for civilized ...

Ten years after Kyiv and Moscow first negotiated a ceasefire to end the fighting in Ukraine’s east, the two sides may once ...

A bold move by Germany’s prime minister-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to ease longstanding caps on government spending has won ...

Germany was already in bad standing with Trump while Angela Merkel was Chancellor — not least because of her open refugee policy, which Trump abhors. Although Merz has repeatedly distanced himself ...

The decisions made by the new Bundestag will determine whether Europe moves toward stronger unity and security, or risks ...