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Macron kisses his wife Brigitte on election day in 2017.

The Macrons have always shown a united front. Now we’ve had a glimpse behind the curtain

It was supposed to be a routine presidential visit. But as the doors of Emmanuel Macron’s plane opened we instead got a rare glimpse of a power couple’s extraordinary dynamic.

  • Susanna Galton

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Friedrich Merz of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) is congratulated by colleagues after he won in a second vote in his election as German chancellor.

Merz becomes Germany’s 10th chancellor hours after historic initial defeat

A candidate for chancellor has never failed to win on the first ballot since the end of World War II.

  • Stefanie Dazio and Kirsten Grieshaber

Why Trump’s madness is making the world a safer place

The US president has smashed the Western alliance. But the Europeans are stepping up to spend their own money on their own defence.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
Friedrich Merz, front right, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, gestures while addressing supporters at the party headquarters in Berlin.

‘Never thought I would have to say something like this’: Germany turns away from US

Germany’s new leader did not even wait for the final election results before delivering his verdict on the US President - and charting the path forward.

  • Rob Harris

Should we fear growing separatism? Germany offers a clue

Immigration will be the No.1 issue at next week’s German election, part of a backlash against a well-meaning but ultimately misguided policy of multicultural integration.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
A shadow has fallen over Anthony Albanese’s prime ministership in 2024.

Politics, like comedy, is about timing. Albanese will be a victim of the liberal era’s fall

Voters around the world are choosing a rougher cut of leader to champion them into the second quarter of the 21st century. Anthony Albanese will never be that.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
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Germany’s then-chancellor Angela Merkel had to put up with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s dog at a meeting at his residence in 2007. He knew she was afraid of dogs.

Dogs and long waits: Merkel recalls Putin’s ‘power games’

The former German chancellor’s memoirs are out. And she’s saying a lot more in public than she did in 16 years.

  • Geir Moulson
Trump and Merkel.

Angela Merkel reveals advice the Pope gave her to deal with Donald Trump

The long-serving German chancellor sought counsel on how to tackle the US president-elect’s “property developer mentality”.

  • Thomas Escritt and Sarah Marsh
Far-right AFD politician Gabrielle Mailbeck has campaigned on social media to reach a new generation of voters.

What will happen if Australia keeps virtue-signalling on immigration

On immigration policy, nations need to telegraph their meanness – growling menacingly so they can gentle their claws when dealing with real cases of need.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel speaks after she received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) from President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

‘Ambition, wisdom and passion’: Merkel awarded Germany’s highest honour

Angela Merkel’s legacy has attracted increasingly critical scrutiny since her departure, but her impressive list of firsts has earned her recognition.

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