Although Friedrich Merz has big ambitions for Germany’s international role, significant domestic pressures remain and will constrain his government’s room for manoeuvre.

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David Salvo, managing director for the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund ... worth funding was ...

European leaders presented a united front in Kyiv, proposing a 30-day ceasefire to Russia with a warning of severe sanctions.

Beyond the immediate neighbourhood, positioning Germany towards the US, China and Israel are high on the agenda. In line with ...

He pays as much attention to interpersonal rapport as his message of respect for Germany's closest partners.He is "looking forward" to getting to know the new German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, ...

Friedrich Merz secured Germany’s chancellorship Tuesday after overcoming an initial parliamentary defeat that had thrown his and Germany’s political future ...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz made his world-affairs debut Wednesday as Germany’s new chancellor, with plans to immediately team up ...

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Signal itself is now speaking out in the affair surrounding the modified Signal variant used by the US government.

German Ministry of Foreign Affairs hit back at US Secretary of State Marco Rubio after he criticized the decision to classify ...

In Paris, there is a reassuring sense of déjà vu in dealing with a German chancellor described as a Rhenish, Francophile Christian-Democrat, who has European integration in his political DNA and ...