Germany has extended border checks for six more months to curb irregular migration, impacting movement within the Schengen ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz defended the move, stating it has effectively reduced asylum applications and illegal crossings.

In countries across Europe, nativist far-right political parties have dramatically expanded their vote share in recent years, ...

Czech president says European countries cannot be excluded from Ukraine ceasefire talks if they are to take more ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become the country's next chancellor, has vowed to work ...

IT IS A calm and confident Friedrich Merz who greets The Economist on February 7th at a luxury golf resort in Stromberg, a ...

The center-right CDU's Friedrich Merz and the center-left SPD's Olaf ... observed in other EU countries such as Czech Republic, Poland, Estonia and Latvia. Whether Germany remains Ukraine ...

Germany’s outgoing government is the border checks it imposed on all its frontiers last fall by another six months as it ...

Germans go to the polls in federal elections next weekend. Immigration was already a predominant issue. That has only been amplified by the image ...

The German army's battle-readiness is less than when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, military officials, lawmakers and ...

Repeated American governments – not just the two Trump administrations – have been critical of most Nato allies for cutting investment in their armed forces ...

FIRST TAKE — When Democrats fade into their happy place — 2028 — there’s a long roster of familiar governors, senators and other party officials that they run through for potential candidates. And in ...