New Year's reception of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) in Düsseldorf with the participation of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Camera: RONALD WITTEK.

Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner to replace Chancellor Olaf Scholz after Germany's upcoming elections, is calling on the European Union to present a united front in response to US President-elect Donald Trump.

Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is willing to approve an additional aid package for Ukraine worth an estimated €3 billion ($3.1 billion), but it does not consent to suspending the country's strict rules on government spending.

The Bavarian branch of Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party proposed deporting all 1.2mn Ukrainian war refugees living in Germany, claiming there is “room enough” in Ukraine to accommodate them if they could return,

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Family Minister Lisa Paus says a miscarriage can be a traumatic experience and that staggered maternity protection offers affected women the opportunity to recover.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk held a live interview with the leader of Germany's hard-right Alternative for Germany party on Thursday.

European Commission president is in Berlin for her first public appearance since she was admitted to hospital.

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Friedrich Merz, the German conservative who is the front-runner to become the next chancellor, downplayed a remark by US President-elect Donald Trump calling for NATO members to more than double defense spending.

Germany as a whole isn’t currently seen as a driving force for peace policy in Europe, and honestly that pains me,” Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told POLITICO.

US President-elect Donald Trump’s demand for NATO members to increase their defense spending from the 2% minimum target to 5% spurred debate in Germany, according to the Euronews media outlet on Wednesday. Germany considers the demand excessively high.