The leading candidate, Friedrich Merz, a conservative who has adopted many of the AfD’s hard-line positions on immigration, ...

For the first time since the fall of the Third Reich 80 years ago, there is a real possibility that a party with direct ...

Sunday's vote is a pivotal moment for the Alternative for Germany party. It's polling high enough for second place as part of a far-right surge sweeping Europe.

Donald Trump’s disdain for NATO will reshape the domestic politics—and military posture—of some of America’s closest allies.

And yet it is anything but guaranteed how party chairman Friedrich Merz can govern a country in which the far-right Alternative for Germany comes second, polarization hits record levels, and ...

Germany’s Brandenburg is known as a dynamic federal state with a thriving mining industry. But in the small town of Forst ...

Across Western Europe, overall support for Ukraine "until it wins" has declined, as a YouGov poll conducted in December 2024 found that public desire to continue backing Ukraine until victory in ...

The United States’ new attitude to European security undercuts Poland’s long-held Atlanticism—meaning Warsaw must surely recalibrate its own policy.

Ukraine. It also opened a new phase in America’s trans-Atlantic relations. We shall soon discover whether it also means the beginning of the end for NATO and the further destabilization of a Europe ...

Warsaw has dramatically increased its defence spending as it looks to protect its borders and stay close to the US ...

Top German politicians debated on ZDF ahead of Sunday’s elections, focusing on war threats and European security. #EuropeNews ...