Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become Germany's next chancellor, said defence spending targets should be aligned with ...

Friedrich Merz, the German conservative who is the front-runner to become the next chancellor, downplayed a remark by US ...

The debt brake was this limit on government debt and deficits that was introduced in the first Merkel grand coalition, in ...

Growing political unrest in Germany has left 39 percent of voters concerned about the country's future, with a further 15 ...

US President-elect Donald Trump’s demand for NATO members to increase their defense spending from the 2% minimum target to 5% ...

Merz has said that Germany can cover future defence spending increases without a special fund, while German Economy Minister ...

Several changes to migration rules have come into effect since the start of 2025, and further changes are being debated. Here ...

Rather than a ‘burden on the taxpayer’, the welfare state should be understood in normative terms as productive social ...

Participants in a far-right meeting in Germany uncovered by media outlet Correctiv have filed two complaints over the report ...

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The German conservative in pole position to become the next chancellor is toughening his position on migration as he tries to ...

The Freedom Party and its leader, Herbert Kickl, have steadily built support by demonizing immigrants, while entering Austria’s political mainstream.