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

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

Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), talks to the media during a press conference in Berlin, ...

A deal to end the war between Ukraine and Russia “is still very, very far away,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said ...

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

At least two people have been killed and several others have been injured after a car rammed into pedestrians in the ...

Germany is considering a major fiscal shift, potentially establishing special funds of up to a trillion euros to finance defense and infrastructure. This follows European security concerns after ...

After President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops into Ukraine three years ago, Russia restricted the flow of natural gas to ...