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The Conservative Party's negotiating strategy is premised on telling the EU one thing and British voters another. Doublespeak won't deliver a deal; it will lead to economic and political disaster.

The German chancellor’s party woes should worry the EU.

Berlin needs to spend more on defense, but the U.S. president's public demands are making it politically impossible.

Angela Merkel’s sister party, the Christian Social Union, is taking an extreme line on refugees and threatening to bring down her coalition.

The partnership with America had a long and fruitful life — but Europe is ready to start over.

Germany, France, and the U.K. all tried sucking up to Trump. They ended up helping kill the Iran deal.

Germany's economy is far more vulnerable than it seems, but its government is completely uninterested in doing anything about it.

Merkel and Macron are focused on European business when pushing back on Russia sanctions. Their concern for the Iran deal is different.

Germany is poised to become Europe’s first line of defense, but facing down a revanchist Russia will require more spending and better coordination among NATO allies.

If the center-right doesn't reclaim its mission, it will soon be swallowed by populism.

The German chancellor's most likely successors are both women — but the similarities end there.

Social democrats have committed to a partnership with Angela Merkel that exposes their greatest vulnerability.

It was the invitation heard around the world. And maybe that’s the problem.

A brief survey of the German conservatives already jockeying to replace their matriarch.

It’s going to be a while before Europe’s most powerful country has a stable government – and Angela Merkel probably won't be leading it.

Merkel went silent as the AfD went viral.

Two Merkels. Three spinning Merkels. Escher Merkels.

Those who were hoping for a new wave of German leadership will be left waiting.

Germany appears to have resisted the siren song of the far right and far left and opted to stick with a known quantity.

Half of Europe’s asylum seekers in the last two years were still awaiting word on whether they could stay at the end of 2016.