Can Merz-Erdogan talks reset tricky Germany-Turkey ties?
Germany and Turkey have shared a politically tense relationship for years — almost as if by tradition. What…
EU leaders accused of crimes against humanity over migration deal with Libya
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The European Union’s cooperation on migration with the fractured North African nation of Libya…
How Nord Stream 2 has blown up Europe
Europe’s unity is cracking at its eastern edge, where a relationship once central to the EU’s postwar stability…
Angela Merkel’s non-apology tour – POLITICO
But it appears to be too difficult for Merkel — once lauded as the “chancellor of the free…
Merkel blasted by Baltics, Poland for suggesting they share blame for Russia’s Ukraine invasion – POLITICO
“In June 2021, I felt that Putin was no longer taking the Minsk agreement seriously,” Merkel said, referring…
Angela Merkel’s legacy under scrutiny in a Germany gripped by distrust and a rising far-right – The Irish Times
Like Edith Piaf, Angela Merkel regrets nothing. That is how the ex-chancellor views Germany’s refugee and asylum crisis.…
How Merkel fuelled the AfD
“There was a before and an after”, Angela Merkel wrote on the first page of her memoirs, referring…
How Merkel fuelled the AfD
“There was a before and an after”, Angela Merkel wrote on the first page of her memoirs, referring…
Europe is giving up on free movement
Ten years ago on 31 August 2015, Angela Merkel told the German press what she was going to…
Between a rock and a hard place – POLITICO
And last month, we finally witnessed the opening skirmishes of this battle: Just before parliament went into recess,…