The incoming German chancellor campaigned as a debt hawk. Then a source told him about Trump’s plans for NATO.

The ruling parties of German politics seem to have run out of ideas on how to sway voters away from the growing Alternative for Germany movement.

Don’t bother publicly asking a politician from our two established mainstream parties about a Grand Coalition. But discuss it with some of them ...

Merz's forthright, "shoot-from-the-hip" style of politics could add an interesting dimension to the meeting. His remarks can be surprising and make headlines - a stark contrast to those of his more ...

While the Maga movement in Europe - translated by Viktor Orban into Mega (Make Europe Great Again) - sounds self-confident, it has also endured setbacks, most recently with the liberal mayor of ...

Trump administration officials, MAGA influencers and far-right leaders gathered in Poland and Hungary this week for CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference.

In a recent interview with NBC News, Vice President JD Vance said governments shouldn't try to "delegitimize another competing political party." ...

AfD leader Alice Weidel says labeling her party extremist is undemocratic and undermines the rule of law. She accuses German intelligence of overreach and sees no cause for self-criticism.

Alice Weidel may get the last laugh yet. The co-leader of Germany’s most popular party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), was visibly amused on Tuesday morning when Friedrich Merz, the head of the ...

Alice Weidel, co-leader of the far ... success in February that Musk had called her and "congratulated me personally" on receiving 20.8 percent of the vote. Germany's domestic intelligence agency, ...

Though voters gave rightist parties a majority, Friedrich Merz’s conservative Christian Democrats are teaming up with the Social Democratic Party, or SPD, to their left. This is not to dismiss out of ...