Germany Is Europe’s Guiding Light. The U.S. Is the Storm.
Merz’s government is the last chance for the German establishment parties to govern effectively,” says Matt Gertken, ...
Germany and the European Union should brace for difficult structural reforms
Twenty-five years after the launch of the euro, the European Union faces a serious predicament, with the two largest ...
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Fact check: No, Merz didn’t promise to close the border
Migration policy was one of the biggest issues of the  German 2025 election. It continues to spark controversy after the ballot. The far-right AfD accused Friedrich Merz, l eader of the winning center ...
CDU and SPD start talks in bid to form next German government
Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democrats, has ruled out a coalition with the far-right Alternative for Germany ...
Germany's New Political Leaders Face Big Problems of Their Own Making
Economically troubled Germany just held elections and will soon have a new government. The conservative Christian Democratic ...
Germany’s outsiders: Understanding the right-wing party roiling Berlin
The Washington Examiner followed the Berlin-Pankow chapter of the AfD in the days up to election night as the once-outsider ...
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Senior German MP says vote was ‘successfully’ manipulated by foreign actors
Germany’s federal election was subject to “clear” and “successful” manipulation by Russia and other foreign actors, the head ...
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Germany can turbocharge Europe’s renewal—if it will only seize this moment
Three times in the postwar era Germany made strategic choices that benefited Europe—with the US at its side. Now it must do ...
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To Defeat the Far Right, We Must Adopt an Anti-Fascist Economic Policy
Opposition to the status quo must not be monopolized by the right-wing extremist visions of parties like Alternative für ...
How MAGA Bungled the German Election
A center-right chancellor should be good news for the GOP. Musk and Vance shouldn’t have meddled.
Fact Check: Map shows EU election results, not German federal election outcome
A graphic showing European Union (EU) election results in Germany from June 2024 was shared online with false captions saying ...
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Perhaps the Biggest Winner in Germany’s Election: Nuclear Power
Germany’s conservatives won the national election on Sunday, while the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party ...