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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Friedrich Merz’s long-anticipated victory in Germany’s federal election on February 23rd marked a shift in the country’s ...

The victory of the Christian Democratic leader in the February 23 German parliamentary elections was met with relief by ...

The winner of Germany's parliamentary elections has travelled to Paris to meet the French president for a working dinner on ...