Germany's ruling coalition has agreed a new law to fast-track infrastructure projects and to scrap clean-heating legislation ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday refused to back down over a controversial pension reform package, insisting that the government will push the measure through despite opposition from within ...

The European leader said following a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem that his country “will always ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz dug in on proposed pension reforms Friday despite resistance from younger members of his ...

Broad agreement has been reached within the coalition government on plans to impose stricter rules on the payment of ...

Chancellor Merz received his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk in Berlin where they spoke about closer defense cooperation.

Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz secured an absolute majority for a flagship pension bill, defusing a parliamentary rebellion that had cast doubt over the viability of his coalition.

At 61, Nigel Farage isn’t old – at least, if one’s measure is the age at which the state pension is drawn. And at 30, as he was when first contesting a parliamentary election in Eastleigh, he wasn’t ...

Since Merz became chancellor in May, that person has been Daniel Caspary. As the head of the CDU’s delegation of 23 MEPs, he has served as Merz’s point man in the European Parliament – arguably more ...

In Miami, voters chose Democratic candidate Eileen Higgins over Trump-endorsed Emilio González in a runoff election for mayor ...

On December 3rd The Economist interviewed Keir Starmer, Britain’s prime minister. This transcript has been lightly edited for ...

Labour and the country have reached a historic inflection point. For all the talk of Brexit ‘benefits’, the anti-EU ideologues know the tide has turned, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee ...