Merz’s trip should not be viewed as a strategic pivot, but as a focused attempt to rebalance an increasingly uneven economic relationship.

The AfD party in Germany faces allegations of cronyism regarding the employment of relatives by lawmakers. Alice Weidel, the head of AfD, denies these claims, calling them unfounded. The issue has ...

Markus Frohnmaier said the AfD has repeatedly put forward the initiatives to lift sanctions against Russia and unfreeze its assets in case of progress in resolving the conflict ...

Germany's conservative chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has categorically rejected any softening of the party's stance on ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Friday not to let the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party "ruin" Germany and ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz reiterated the CDU's stance to not collaborate with the far-right Alternative for Germany party at a national conference, drawing historical parallels to the Nazi Party's ...

The Ukrainian conflict will only end when one of the two sides is exhausted – either militarily or economically, German ...

Although the speech that Marco Rubio delivered to the Munich Security Conference was softer in tone than vice-president J.D. Vance’s in 2025, the Europe he cele ...

A year after his election win, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces a congress of his conservative party Friday, bruised by ...

By decoupling from cheap Russian energy, Germany cemented its dependence on costly US gas imports, AfD party co-chair Alice ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Constanze Stelzenmüller of Brookings Institution, about the outcome of the Munich Security Conference and the state of U.S.-European relations.