Germany ’s outgoing Bundestag will go out with a bang on Tuesday with an all-or-nothing sitting to back – or sink – an ...

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The interview was conducted on 25 February 2025 and appeared in Borderless on February 2025. What are some of the major issues in the backdrop of the German elections? In recent years, German society, ...

The real winners of the German election are the hard-right leader Alice Weidel and her White House friends, Elon Musk, J.D. Vance and Donald Trump. Whatever Friedrich Merz’s plans are, he must expect ...

The prospective next German government’s plans to enable higher defense spending by loosening strict debt rules and to set up ...

Under pressure from Trump and with Russia menacing, Germany's incoming leader plans to revamp the country's defense posture.

Workers on Wednesday rearranged the blue seats in the chamber of the lower house of parliament, or Bundestag. After each ...

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However, Merz now faces the challenge of forming a coalition from a fragmented parliament. He has blatantly ruled out any deed with AfD. With no previous experience in office, Merz, 69 ...