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

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

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

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's CDU/CSU parliamentary bloc, is set to lead the next government after his party came first ...

Well, of course not. But Germany's accidental chancellor has a crucial role to play in history, like it or not ...

As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy continues to scramble for support through Europe following rift with the United ...

Hours after Friedrich Merz's conservatives won Germany's national election, he sent the outgoing Social Democrat government a ...

Election winner Friedrich Merz said on Friday he was open to reforming Germany's legally prescribed spending limits as his ...

Merz aims to shift Europe away from US dependence, but rising far-right pressure and geopolitical tensions could complicate ...

Christian Democrats won with their leader, Friedrich Merz, expected to be next chancellor of Germany. But the far right and ...

President Trump’s decision to arrange direct talks with the Russians to secure a peace deal as the war in Ukraine enters its ...

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.