The debt brake, or “Schuldenbremse”, caps the federal government’s new borrowing at 0.35 percent of Germany’s gross domestic ...

The French president convenes a second summit of leaders amid cracks among allies. Four years before the war in Ukraine and ...

If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

Explore the controversial impact of Germany's "Debt Break" - a radical economic rule limiting government spending. Discover ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby ...

It would be a remarkable comeback for a man pushed aside by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and who failed to take charge of his party twice. He left politics altogether for two decades ...

For Germans heading to the polls for a snap election, climate is not quite as important a factor as it used to be.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader, the front-runner in Germany’s election next month, for putting to ...

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday urged politicians to dial back tensions ahead of elections this month after her centre-right CDU party sparked uproar by accepting the far right' ...

Sunday's vote is a pivotal moment for the Alternative for Germany party. It's polling high enough for second place as part of a far-right surge sweeping Europe.