Election winner Friedrich Merz said on Friday he was open to reforming Germany's legally prescribed spending limits as his ...

Hours after Friedrich Merz's conservatives won Germany's national election, he sent the outgoing Social Democrat government a ...

Twenty-five years after the launch of the euro, the European Union faces a serious predicament, with the two largest ...

Such talks often drag on for weeks if not months in Germany, but Merz is in a hurry to reach a deal with Europe's biggest economy facing economic malaise and an upheaval in relations with the U.S.

Shortly after the German election polls closed Sunday, Elon Musk placed a congratulatory call — but not to conservative ...

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats started exploratory talks Friday on a possible coalition government, but were tightlippe ...

Conservative party leader Friedrich Merz is poised to become Germany's next chancellor. He's long been a transatlanticist, but has made clear he's no fan of US President Donald Trump.

Germany’s 2025 election results mark a right-wing shift, reshaping European politics and US-EU relations. As CDU and AfD gain ...

Amid a growing divide between the United States and Europe, the continent has sharply accelerated its efforts to address ...

It’s not just in Britain that defence spending is top of the agenda. In Germany, too, the debate has turned to how the ...

European leaders pledged late Friday to stand by Ukraine in the wake of the contentious Oval Office meeting between U.S.

Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next head of government, is already trying to shape foreign policy. He is especially concerned about Germany's ailing relationships with France and Poland.