6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1040+ words) The answer may eventually have implications well beyond Germany’s eastern states. The AfD won almost 44 per cent of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, securing 39 of the state parliament’s 83 seats and inflicting a devastating defeat on Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats. It…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (472+ words) Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Greece formed the core group that met in Copenhagen on Friday. They agreed three principles and a common sequence for legal and diplomatic work, including missions to prospective partner countries. No possible host was…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (543+ words) The plan would give Kaja Kallas, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, a broader co-ordinating role across external-policy work conducted by Commission departments. Ultimate authority would remain with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, while the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (958+ words) The prospective response would combine measures available to the German government with a push for additional European Union sanctions. An expansion of German military assistance to Ukraine is also reportedly under consideration. The plans, described by officials in Berlin as…...