Germany votes Sunday for a new government that will shape Europe’s response to an assertive Trump
Europe’s biggest economy is the 27-nation European Union’s most populous nation and a leading member of NATO, as well as the ...
Germany votes Sunday for a new government that will shape Europe’s response to Trump
Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union is favored to replace Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party as ...
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To spend big, Germany’s next government may need EU help
The good news is that Germany can afford to splurge. At 62% of GDP, the country’s public debt is half that of America’s (see ...
China seeks stronger cooperation with Germany and EU
China considers Germany and the European Union as a whole as strategic partners, and it wants stronger cooperation with them ...
Germany’s Merz Signals Openness to Common EU Defense Borrowing
Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to be Germany’s next chancellor, said he’s open to considering common European Union ...
Europe’s New Reality: Trump May Not Quit NATO, but He’s Already Undercutting It
European officials knew the president’s win would threaten the fundamental precepts of the post-World War II order. But the ...
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EU Commission authorizes Infineon’s semiconductor factory loan from Germany
The EU Commission has authorised a grant of up to €920 million from the German government to Infineon for the new chip ...
How Elon Musk used X to amplify Germany’s far right ahead of election
Musk won AfD a massive new audience, and JD Vance added support. That brought the party outsized attention, but the impact in ...
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Germany’s mind-bending electoral maths
Germans will greet the next government with the stoniest of scepticism. Thorsten Faas, a political scientist at the Free ...
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Can Germany Reorient Itself and Europe?
Germany is being battered from within by a faltering economy and from without by a vengeful Trump administration.
Europe’s closest ally is in bed with its worst enemy. Now what?
Europe’s leaders and officials have been blindsided by a staggering collapse in American support for Ukraine in the past week ...
EU countries split over whether to delay green reporting rules
The European Union's biggest economies are split over whether the bloc should weaken its sustainability reporting rules for companies, with Spain and Italy defending some rules that Germany and France ...