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

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the presumptive next chancellor, believes US President Donald Trump and his vice ...

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

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

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

Election winner Friedrich Merz wants to sew up a coalition with defeated Chancellor Olaf Scholz's SPD by Easter.

Support for bringing back some form of military service has grown across political party lines. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

Germany's conservatives, who are set to lead the next government, have argued that the country should quickly reintroduce ...

The Die Linke star behind the party’s rise in recent elections says there is ‘real momentum for progressive politics’.

The UK has proposed a European rearmament bank, modelled on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, to bolster ...

The transatlantic alliance appears to be coming apart at the seams, meaning Europe will need to quickly develop a strategy ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday he thought US President Donald Trump had deliberately escalated ...