Election winner likens the Trump administration to Putin’s Russia as he bids to take Europe in a new direction.

It was on Sunday night, as the votes were being counted, that Merz revealed what could become the defining mission of his chancellorship. His aim, he said, was “to achieve independence” from the US ...

Whether he can form a strong coalition remains to be seen, but whatever he does will be an essential part of Europe’s ...

After a monthlong honeymoon for the G.O.P. at the start of President Trump’s term, lawmakers are confronting a groundswell of ...

After the first exit polls, the centre-right CDU’s Friedrich Merz has come out of the election as its main winner and is now ...

Germany's election reshapes the political scene, with the far right and far left parties on the rise and coalition chaos and ...

Also in today’s newsletter, Zelenskyy offers to step down in exchange for peace, and Singapore fund managers face lengthy licence delays ...