Not so long ago, European corporate bosses were worried about missing out on the “Trump bump”. U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...

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 ...

The agreement between Friedrich Merz, the likely next chancellor, and his potential coalition partners also includes big new ...

The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left ...

But, although he will not become chancellor for some weeks, Friedrich Merz, who won Germany’s election on February 23rd, has ...

Such a plan would mark a step-change in Germany’s traditionally conservative approach to public borrowing. Berlin in 2009 ...

The prospective partners in Germany’s next government say they will seek to loosen the nation’s rules on running up debt to ...

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

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

We simply must become stronger together in nuclear deterrence in Europe,' Merz, expected to become Germany's next chancellor, ...

In Germany, coalition governments are typically formed through a two-step process: parties first engage in exploratory talks ...