Friedrich Merz, who led the Christian Democratic Union to victory at the polls, referred to a strong Europe independent of the United States as his “absolute priority”. Many in Brussels now expect a m ...

Nine people, most with immigrant roots, were killed in an attack in western Germany in February 2020. The fifth anniversary comes days before the German election, where the far-right AfD party ...

Germany commemorates the victims of the racist Hanau attack on its fifth anniversary.

The night of Germany’s snap elections will be remembered as marking a seismic shift in the future course of the European Union. Friedrich Merz, who led the Christian Democratic Union to victory ...