The German chancellor-in-waiting said he would like talks with France and Britain about sharing weapons, but not as a ...

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

Election winner Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU, its Bavarian sister party CSU, and the Social Democrats (SPD) have taken a major step toward forming a coalition government, the heads of the parties ...

The rapid action by Friedrich Merz in the face of Donald Trump’s disruption highlights how the continent’s leaders need ...

Berlin may have found a way to rearm despite balanced-budget restraints.

Germany's likely chancellor-to-be announces a political deal to raise hundreds of billions of euros in extra spending.

American presidents since Kennedy have wanted Europe to shoulder more of the burden of its own security. But not until President Donald Trump has a U.S. leader succeeded in getting Europeans to want ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz has said his centre-right CDU/CSU and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) ...

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

Center-right election winner Friedrich Merz, who is trying to form a coalition government with the center-left Social ...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) retired to its sickbed as soon as Donald Trump won the presidential election ...