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Germany’s Merz lashes out at Trump’s US while trying to form coalition
Triumphant CDU leader hits out at Washington and calls for stronger European security amid attempts to build government.
Politico Europe4d
The end of Germany’s climate crusade
One of the world’s most climate-ambitious governments is about to fall, replaced by a likely chancellor who says green policy ...
What Germany’s Election Means for America — and the World
Nahal Toosi is POLITICO’s senior foreign affairs correspondent. She has reported on war, genocide and political chaos in a career that has taken her around the world. Germans delivered a major ...
Politico Europe5d
Friedrich Merz wants to lead Europe on the economy. Can he?
Germany’s likely next chancellor wants to reboot ties with France, do a free-trade deal with Donald Trump and get tougher on ...
The Australian Financial Review3d
Scholz promised stability, but Germany got chaos instead
When Olaf Scholz campaigned for ... to his familiar politics of muddling through. Scholz’s chancellorship failed in three big ways. First came economic mismanagement. Under his watch, Germany ...
2025 German elections: Key leaders on the ballot
The German government is preparing for an upheaval in its parliament as citizens head to the ballot box following the collapse of the nation's ruling coalition.
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Germany is holding a national election. Here’s what’s at stake
Berlin (CNN) — Germans are going to the polls on Sunday in national elections. Opinion polls suggest the outcome will likely be a new chancellor and a new governing coalition. Usually a little dry and ...
China Digital Times4d
Europe Weighs Pivot to China Amid Fraying Transatlantic Ties
Last weekend’s Munich Security Conference (MSC) unleashed a geopolitical earthquake that may realign Europe’s relationship with the U.S. and China. U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance delivered a ...
German election live updates: Final poll predicts large gains for AfD hours before voters cast ballots
According to YouGov’s final MRP poll before the election, the far-right AfD’s 145 seats will surpass the 115 projected for the governing SPD, after its popularity has collapsed under chancellor Olaf ...
China Internet Information Center3d
Explainer: What to know about the upcoming German election
The upcoming election features four major parties vying for voter support, namely the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU), Scholz's SPD, the Greens and the far-right ...
China aims to improve ties with EU amid transatlantic tension
Analysts say Beijing will try to exploit growing tension between the US and European countries – but say these efforts won’t ...
Washington Examiner6d
2025 German elections: Key leaders on the ballot
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a reception for carnival ... on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus ...