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Germany news: Friedrich Merz set to confirm presidential nominee
The executive committee of the German chancellor's CDU party is expected to finalize its nomination for the country's president. DW has more.
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The executive committee of the German chancellor's CDU party is expected to finalize its nomination for the country's president. DW has more.
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During a visit to Singapore, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Europe and Germany want to increase free trade with open competition, reliability and a rules-based order.
German media reports suggest that Bavarian politician Ilse Aigner's chances of becoming the next president are on the up. The steering committtee of the CDU have announced Bavarian politician Ilse Aigner as presidential candidate....
Germany could soon have its first woman president. While the role is chiefly representative and ceremonial, the president is the official head of state. Merz faced criticism for not confirming Ilse Aigner as the...
Ilse Aigner is poised to become Germany's first female president after winning coalition support ahead of the Jan. 30 parliamentary vote.
Germany is set to get its first female president after Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party nominated Ilse Aigner, a center-right politician with appeal to liberals, to become the country’s head of state next year
Ilse Aigner, speaker of the Bavarian state parliament, belongs to the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) party.
Friedrich Merz, who is visiting Seoul, said North Korea is putting Europe's security at risk by sending soldiers to fight for Russia in Ukraine. Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the Ukrainian president is due to arrive in Germany around...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he does not expect big changes to come out of Washington despite the Democrats’ electoral gains in the midterm election.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expects US President Donald Trump to keep bypassing Congress despite midterm losses.
The midterm election results came as no surprise to Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz. He said much of the outcome had been foreseeable. He pointed out the US president’s strong constitutional powers, arguing that...
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Slovakia, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria rejected Merz’s demand to link the EU’s next seven-year budget to long-term Ukraine aid
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His position marks a stark contrast with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's positive stance on the nation's participation in GCAP. Speaking at a Munich synagogue on the anniversary of the "Kristallnacht" pogrom in 1938, German...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants all EU countries to help close a major funding gap for Ukraine. The country could be short of billions of euros next year as Russia's invasion continues. During a meeting with...
It has been 88 years since "Kristallnacht", the "Night of Broken Glass" in Europe, a violent pogrom against the Jewish population across Nazi Germany and Austria, marking a critical escalation toward the Holocaust....
Last month, Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier left for his first state visit to China since 2018, while Chancellor Friedrich Merz took off for Singapore, Tokyo and Seoul on a tour meant to reduce German...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has reportedly threatened to block the EU’s next seven-year budget unless all members help finance Ukraine
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"Providing this support is an indivisible responsibility shared by us all," Merz said.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged closer security cooperation during talks in Tokyo on October 29. Describing their relationship as a “premium partnership”, they linked Euro-Atlantic and...
Germany, like Korea, was once a nation divided by rival political systems and by one of the world's most fortified borders. Chancellor Merz wished for a united Korea during his recent visit — but such hopes seem faint.
Costa's response indicates plans to "make time for a broad discussion on Ukraine at the upcoming informal European Council in Dublin", but leaves the previously scheduled financing discussions unchanged.
The EU plans to send military advisers to Ukraine despite Russian warnings that European soldiers would be military targets
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Who should become Germany's new president? That question is becoming pressing. Many want to see Germany's first female head of state. Chancellor Friedrich Merz is keeping his cards close to his chest.
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Local officials say 27 people had been missing after at least nine 3,000kg aerial bombs hit a village in southern Ukraine. Covered by 29 outlets: 9 lean left, 16 are centre, 4 lean right.
One of the UK's key NATO allies has warned Europe could "cross Russia's nuclear threshold without realising".
Security guarantees for Ukraine will be at the top of the agenda when U.S., Ukrainian and Russian negotiators meet this week as the Trump administration seeks to provide Kyiv with NATO-style protections against...
Ukraine said Monday's attack on the same location killed at least 55 people, near the front line in the Zaporizhzhia region.
About 850,000 people lose power after Russian attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv.
The presidential candidate put forward by the conservative bloc has said she won't meet with the far-right AfD. Meanwhile, Chancellor Merz is set to host Hungarian Prime Minister Magyar. DW has more.
By most accounts, Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland Party is on an upswing. It’s been steadily rising in the polls ahead of the German federal election set to take place on January 30, 2027, while Chancellor Friedrich...
18,000 people gathered in Frankfurt to show support for Reza Pahlavi, the son of the Iranian monarch ousted in 1979. Covered by 3 outlets: 1 are centre, 2 lean right.
18,000 people gathered in Frankfurt to show support for Reza Pahlavi, the son of the Iranian monarch ousted in 1979. Factions in the opposition have accused him of not distancing himself from his father's rule.
This year, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation is awarding its “Freedom Prize” to the “Iranian people,” with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi — the heir to Iran’s monarchy and a popular, influential, respected, and credible...
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The FPÖ's first leader, Anton Reinthaller, had been a senior Nazi official who held the rank of SS Brigadeführer, and his successor, Friedrich Peter, had served as an officer in an SS unit.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) secured a second term in office Tuesday, defeating Democrat Fredrick Love.