French prosecutors have asked the European parliament to lift the immunity of far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen over an inquiry into alleged fake parliamentary jobs, legal sources said Friday. The revelation comes just nine days before France heads to the polls for a...

The future of badly strained EU-Turkey relations hangs in the balance Sunday when President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asks voters to give him increased powers that opponents say will lead to authoritarian rule. Ties with the European Union are a key issue for Turks long-promised membership of the...

Almost half of Germany's first-time voters back Angela Merkel, a poll by the Forsa Institut showed Tuesday, providing a strong backbone of support for the chancellor as she prepares to bid for a fourth term in office in September. Among all potential voters, Merkel had 43 percent support,...

 More than 200 people have traveled from Germany to fight with Kurdish militias against ISIS in Syria and Iraq, the interior ministry reported Monday. Sixty-nine of the 204 fighters are German nationals, the ministry added in a statement on the issue which is particularly delicate for...