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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
Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian prime minister, has died aged 86.

A burlesque opening act that raised the curtain on Trump

When Silvio Berlusconi was elected Italy’s prime minister in 1994 Donald Trump was more than two decades into the future, but Berlusconi was the promise of things to come.

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