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Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and his CDU won the German election — yet his personal popularity is low and getting ...
As the U.S. backs away from the global stage, Germany has committed to hundreds of billions in defense spending. Bringing ...
True to its Gaullist legacy, France has always been wary of becoming too dependent on the Western world’s great superpower.
The future German Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants to introduce a new weekly work schedule, which could lead to the ...
The German parliament plans to meet on May 6 to elect Friedrich Merz as the country’s next leader, if all the parties in his ...
The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) bloc and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) enjoy ...
There’s a German saying: “Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm.” (Or: The early bird catches the worm.) It underscores the ...
Germany’s outgoing government will leave the Eurofighter sale decision to incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz, official German ...
Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU), the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) last week struck ...
Friedrich Merz, who won the February 23 national election, has seen his poll ratings slide following the coalition agreement ...
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 ...
Modern politics can be brutally unforgiving for incumbent politicians. Yet, for incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz, ...