Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

Friedrich Merz faces a host of political, economic and foreign policy challenges as he puts together a working coalition ...

Germany’s Friedrich Merz, poised to be his country’s next chancellor, said he thinks the explosive exchange between Ukrainian ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday he thought US President Donald Trump had deliberately escalated ...

The real winners of Germany’s election are sitting in Moscow. Despite Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats (CDU) technically ...

Decision blocks delivery of crucial shipments of weapons, ammunition and vehicles that Kyiv has relied on to fight off ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a deal to end the war between Ukraine and Russia “is still very, very far away." ...

Friedrich Merz, who is likely to be the next German chancellor, has been outspoken in his belief Europe needs to pursue greater independence from the US.

Conservative party leader Friedrich Merz is poised to become Germany's next chancellor. He's long been a transatlanticist, but has made clear he's no fan of US President Donald Trump.

The economy, suffering from the phasing out of cheap energy from Russia and the strict ‘debt brake’, needs a major boost, which Mr. Merz has promised to deliver by cutting down expenses on ...