Friedrich Merz, likely Germany's next chancellor, said he was under "no illusions" about the White House's impact on campaigning as the far-right AfD surged to a historic high.

This video can not be played What Trump and Zelensky have said about each other as rift deepens Edited by James Harness and Jacqueline Howard Germany is days away from a general election and Chancellor Olaf Scholz has spoken about Ukraine in a speech on the election trail in the town of Ilsede,

Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned US Vice President JD Vance’s overture to Germany’s far right as a direct intervention in the country’s democracy, marking a new low point in transatlantic relations after Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Germany's rocky path towards Sunday's early elections began when the outgoing coalition government collapsed in acrimony on November 6, the very day Donald Trump won re-election to the White House.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is visiting the White House to meet with Trump on Thursday. Follow Newsweek's live blog for the latest updates.

PARIS — The good news from Germany’s elections on Sunday is that voters in the world’s No. 3 economy don’t give a fig what Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk think about their country’s politics.

After the highly unusual U.S. interventions, the AfD remains in second place heading into Germany’s federal election on Sunday.

The Sunday vote comes amid an economy in the doldrums, big questions over Europe's security posture, and a surging far-right.

Election winner likens the Trump administration to Putin’s Russia as he bids to take Europe in a new direction.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany on Saturday accused Vice President JD Vance ... and which has long dreamed of a White House willing to break with the United States’ traditional European allies. Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show ...

The leaders meet in Washington to discuss the ongoing situation in Ukraine and the potential end to Russia’s military action