Over the past decade and beyond, the CDU has undergone a significant identity shift under former Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Germany’s election on February 23rd, which will probably mark an end to Mr Scholz’s tenure, is a good moment to assess the ...

Across Europe, centrist parties increasingly paint even mild social democracy as a “radical left” threat. The wild rhetoric about left-wing danger has a clear goal: to justify alliances with ...

Ministers in the German government are reshuffling after its ruling coalition effectively collapsed. The opposition have ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) gained three percentage points after refusing to support a divisive ...

A new premier in France and soon in Canada, a new coalition in Austria, new presidents in Georgia and Moldova despite ...

USAID threatened to sue Sen. Joni Ernst and her staff for routine congressional oversight if information on its contracts ...

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who has faced heavy criticism in recent years for his Russian connections, has ...

After years of pandering to far-right talking points, Germany is on the brink of voting in the AfD — and it only has itself ...

As Germany enters the final few weeks of its election campaign, the man poised to be the next chancellor has doubled down on ...

The attack on sick pay on the pretext of “work-shyness” is cynical and dishonest. The same corporations and politicians ...

In trying to avoid the mistakes of the past, Germany’s liberal politicians are pushing their country right back toward them. One of the most pointless cliches holds that “those who do not learn from ...