German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, centre left, and Friedrich Merz, CDU candidate for chancellor, before a TV election debate in ...

JD Vance reportedly won’t be meeting with German Chancellor Scholz in Munich, opting to sit down with his rival instead: “I can’t stand Scholz but he is still our chancellor,” noted one opponent.

Russian and US officials are set to meet in Munich on Friday, with Ukraine also invited to participate, Donald Trump has said. “They’re having a meeting in Munich tomorrow. Russia’s going to be there ...

There’s nothing new about Europe’s dependence on America’s security umbrella. It was ever thus (at least in most of our lifetimes). Yet never before has Europe allowed itself to be put on a leash by ...

The commission said it had not received any official notification from the White House about planned tariffs on European ...

From an online quiz to help you find your political party match to free beer for voting, a fake citizenship test and the ...

Follow live updates as Donald Trump seeks to press ahead with plans to broker peace between Ukraine and Russia with his top ...

France appears to be an island of pessimism, according to a political confidence barometer published by Cevipof on February ...

IT IS A calm and confident Friedrich Merz who greets The Economist on February 7th at a luxury golf resort in Stromberg, a ...

Trump's guidelines for the plan are clear: Europeans have to take the lead when it comes to securing any future ceasefire and ...

As President Donald Trump's second administration continued its effort to swiftly reshape the federal government, the president was expected early this week to discuss imposing 25% tariffs on imports ...

Leaders at the Munich Security Conference are "deeply concerned" after Donald Trump’s unexpected 90-minute call with Vladimir ...