Media reports suggest that a grand coalition between the centre-right and centre-left is already forming.

The plan has already led to a backlash from neighbors, while critics at home say it is too little too late.

Voters view migration as the number one concern, but for establishment parties, the priority is preventing the AfD from becoming the strongest force in the state.

With its ‘firewall’ against the AfD, the CDU stubbornly clings to a losing left-wing coalition.

Many see the appointment of veteran Eurocrat Barnier as out of step with large swathes of the electorate—even those who now crave political stability.

Although the UK abandoned it, the idea of processing migrants in third countries is gaining popularity in Europe.

Tusk’s opponents called the move by the state an attempt to “eliminate the only strong opposition party.”

At last, the name Michel Barnier has come out of the hat, but the road map is still not clear.

The new PM is known as a cold technocrat, marked by his long years in Brussels.

Von der Leyen is set to create a fourth executive VP post just for Italy—to avoid offending her coalition allies by giving away one of their jobs to the ECR.

Opposition centre-right CDU wants to reject some migrants at the border, but the governing Greens oppose the suggestion.

The carmaker’s announcement comes at a tough time for the ruling left-liberal coalition.