Germany

Friedrich Merz, from Merkel's eternal rival to Germany's new chancellor

Misc | 07/05/2025

Friedrich Merz at the signing of the coalition with the Christian Union of Bavaria (CSU) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in Berlin.

Merz is sworn in as chancellor after a surprising fiasco in the first vote

Misc | 06/05/2025

Former Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his successor, Friedrich Merz.

Merz gets off to a bad start as chancellor

Misc | 06/05/2025

The confusing face of Europe

Opinion | 06/05/2025

The challenges of Chancellor Friedrich Merz

Misc | 06/05/2025

Friedrich Merz will be sworn in as German Chancellor on Tuesday.

German intelligence classifies AfD as an "extremist" party that threatens democracy.

Misc | 02/05/2025

Alice Weidel, leader of Alternative for Germany.

German authorities classify AfD as an "extremist" party that threatens democracy.

Misc | 02/05/2025

Alice Weidel, leader of Alternative for Germany.

80 years since Hitler's suicide: Most Germans want to turn the page on the Nazi past.

Misc | 30/04/2025

Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany, received by his followers at Nuremberg. On August 2, 1933, he assumed the office of Führer, a position he held until April 30, 1945.

"Germany is back on track," but the new government faces a huge challenge.

Misc | 12/04/2025

The new German government faces the challenge of turning the economy around.

Sebastià Alzamora

German resistance

Opinion | 10/04/2025

German conservatives and Social Democrats seal coalition agreement

Misc | 09/04/2025

CDU leader Friedrich Merz.

The new Bundestag opposes giving power to the far right

Misc | 25/03/2025

The new Speaker of the German Bundestag, Julia Klöckner, and Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz, both of the CDU-CSU, at the inaugural session of the Budestag.

With twice as many MPs, how will the far right fare in the Bundestag?

Misc | 25/03/2025

The end-of-campaign rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Dresden, Saxony, on Friday.

With twice as many MPs, how will the far right fare in the Bundestag?

Misc | 25/03/2025

The end-of-campaign rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Dresden, Saxony, on Friday.

Merz is not yet chancellor, but he has already revolutionized Germany.

Misc | 22/03/2025

Friedrich Merz, chairman of the CDU, awaiting a press conference

Merz is not yet chancellor, but he has already revolutionized Germany.

Misc | 22/03/2025

Friedrich Merz, chairman of the CDU, awaiting a press conference

The Bundestag gives the green light to Germany's major rearmament plan

Misc | 18/03/2025

CDU leader Friedrich Merz speaks at a special session of the Bundestag, where a bill to relax the debt brake and finance a €500 billion fund is being voted on.

Historic agreement in Germany to increase spending on defense and infrastructure

Misc | 14/03/2025

German Christian Democrat leader Friedrich Merz during a press conference on Friday, March 14.

More than 500,000 passengers affected by the strike at German airports

Misc | 10/03/2025

Strike at Berlin airport

Preliminary agreement in Germany to negotiate the Grand Coalition between conservatives and socialists

Misc | 08/03/2025

Friedrich Merz, leader of the CDU-CSU Christian Democrat alliance

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