US President Donald Trump’s secretary of state Marco Rubio accused the German state of “tyranny in disguise”, further ...

Germany's domestic intelligence agency has officially designated the country's main opposition party a right-wing extremist ...

For all these reasons, we are rooting for the success of Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz. He is a 69-year-old lawyer ...

Germany has tightened its border controls, and interior minister Alexander Dobrindt announced increased measures against ...

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has expressed skepticism regarding a potential ban on the far-right AfD, which was ...

Although Friedrich Merz has big ambitions for Germany’s international role, significant domestic pressures remain and will constrain his government’s room for manoeuvre.

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz talks about his private exchanges with U.S. President Donald Trump, his own lack of ...

In a wide-ranging speech in the Bundestag, the German Chancellor outlined his new government's priorities, including a plan ...

In a newspaper interview, Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he was "skeptical of procedures" to ban political parties, amid debate over the far-right populist party Alternative for Germany ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Friedrich Merz received a rude shock on the morning of May 6, 2025, ...

Friedrich Merz becomes Chancellor of Germany amid economic challenges and trade tensions with the U.S., impacting EU ...