Olaf Scholz

The EU’s center looks flaky, with France a mess and Germany’s Friedrich Merz having to battle to be confirmed as chancellor.

“I’m very sorry the dog died,” Christian Lindner says.

With the dust settling on the EPP congress, we take a look at who’s up and who’s down in the EU’s most powerful grouping.

“Before aiming for a free trade deal with the U.S., our first demand is that they withdraw their tariffs,” says French official.

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Paris and Berlin have been at loggerheads for years, but things are at last looking up.

A Brussels-backed project to develop the lithium reserves needed to power electric vehicles is fueling political instability on the European Union’s doorstep.

Germany’s chancellor-designate is planning a European tour that could take him to Paris, Warsaw and Kyiv

Once the great hope of the European climate movement, Germany’s Greens are now confronting their relative powerlessness.

Friedrich Merz’s incoming coalition wants to press the EU to look at withholding funds and suspending voting rights from Hungary, according to a document seen by POLITICO.

The weeklong blitz on the EU’s fiscal rules generated more blowback than Germany ever expected.

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to subsidize German industry. Other European governments worry about unfair competition.

Germany, Spain and Italy were the top destinations for asylum-seekers.

In a wide-ranging interview, Mette Frederiksen says she considers “mass migration … as a threat to the daily life in Europe.”

Manfred Weber, the powerful German who leads the European People’s Party, has an heir apparent … himself.

The senior Green Party politician could be on track for a position heading the General Assembly.

The aid package for the embattled country had been held up for months due to resistance from outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Officials in Paris and Berlin are excited about the good relationship incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Losing faith in Washington as a military ally, Berlin wants to rip up the old fiscal orthodoxy. But it’s now a race against the clock.

Plans to announce a large package of military aid for Ukraine fizzled ahead of the gathering.

Northern European countries traditionally unenthusiastic about higher spending are wary of Germany’s new-found desire to splash the cash.