Tap play to listen to this article BERLIN – Over the past decade, the idea that Germany could no longer fully trust the United States for security in the midst of the United States “turning point”To Asia, wisdom was accepted among German leaders. The unfolding … Read More

Tap play to listen to this article BERLIN – Russia’s saber rattling over Ukraine, and its position with the West, exposes divisions within Germany’s new governing coalition, which constitutes an early foreign policy test for Chancellor Olaf Scholz. On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock of … Read More

Tap play to listen to this article Lithuania’s showdown with China over Taiwan is poised to provide an unexpected winner for the small Baltic nation that France and Germany could only dream of: investing in microchip manufacturing. Europe is a laggard in the all-important semiconductor … Read More

Press play to listen to this article Climate policy is one of the keys to forming a new German government. But as the two smaller parties are crucial in forming a majority coalition after the election with completely different philosophies on how to achieve Germany’s … Read More

The Social Democrats (SPD) won the German election in 2021 with 25.7 percent of the vote, slightly ahead of the conservative CDU / CSU, which received 24.1 percent, according to official preliminary results published early Monday morning by Germany’s federal returned officer. But the name … Read More

Negotiations between Germany’s parties have just begun. But one election result seems clear: The next government will again be a centrist – there is just the little outstanding question of who should lead it. That question will take weeks or months to answer. But what … Read More

Tap play to listen to this article BERLIN – It seems Germany does not want to say that Goodbye to Angela Merkel for a while yet. The country’s general election on Sunday left the two dominant political camp-center-left Social Democrats (SPD) and the conservative alliance … Read More

BERLIN – The leaders of Germany’s two dominant political parties – center-right Christian Democrats and center-left Social Democrats – both demanded Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mantle on Sunday after a too-close call election that left the couple just a fraction. Early projections had the two camps … Read More

The Germans will vote on Sunday in a parliamentary election that will end Angela Merkel’s era. Final opinion polls showed a close race between the center-left Social Democrats and the conservative CDU / CSU camp, which won four parliamentary elections in a row under Merkel. … Read More

Tap play to listen to this article The German political parties aiming to form a new government agree on one thing: Europe must be better prepared for the next pandemic. But they differ, sometimes fundamentally, in approaches to European Health Union, pharmaceutical companies, intellectual property … Read More