Angela Merkel

It is unlikely that either Macron or Le Pen will win control of Parliament.

The First Daughter's trip also includes a visit to the Holocaust Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe.

Much of the West's opposition to Russia comes from a purely ideological root.

Turkey's complex history has always had it balancing between Europe and the Middle East.

The EU's hard-line position is a classic example of cutting off one's "nez" to spite one's face.

The EU supports sanctions while laundering billions in dirty money from Russia.

Social networks such as Facebook could face fines under the proposed bill.

Two leading members of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party had called for a law regulating the behavior of Muslims.

Propaganda and cyberwarfare in support of military actions are hallmarks of Russian hybrid warfare.

Chancellor's political opponents propose an 'Islam law' that would place tighter rules on preachers and ban foreign funding of mosques.

The U.K. wants an outcome other EU leaders haven't sought and have little incentive to make easy.

Jens Spahn called for a law to regulate the religion, saying that German mosques are too opaque.

Will this all end with no deal, no EU reform and an independent Scotland?

Can Britain's negotiations to leave the EU keep the spirit of free trade alive?

Merkel's Christian Democrats triumphed in Saarland, dealing a blow to the SPD and boosting Merkel's hopes for the September elections.

The world will only notice the absence of U.S. leadership when it is gone and catastrophe strikes.

Erdogan said in a speech in Istanbul on Sunday: "Merkel, now you're applying Nazi methods."

Neither leader named the U.S. government but otherwise distanced themselves from recent protectionist comments.

The U.S. and German leaders appear far apart on foreign policy, trade, immigration.

Once a businessman, always a businessman, apparently.

President Donald Trump and Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel will hold a joint press conference at 1:20 p.m. Eastern time.

"An entry ban would be the last resort," he added.

The German leader is said to be meticulously preparing for her first in-person meeting with the U.S. president.

The Netherlands became the latest European country to restrict campaigning for Erdogan's drive for sweeping new powers.

Merkel has been a leading critic of Trump's effort to ban travelers temporarily from seven Muslim-majority nations, a list that has since been pared back to six.

The poll showed the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany in third place.

Germany's Social Democrats and Greens push for legalization, which has been opposed by the chancellor's Christian Democrats.

On Ukraine's "quiet" front, there are daily artillery, rocket and sniper attacks.

The town of Gaggenau blocked a talk due to be given by the Turkish justice minister.

After hopes of a quick détente, it's Cold War business as usual at the Kremlin.