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

While Merz is already setting the scene for his chancellery with an unprecedented, debt-funded investment announcement, ...

Germany's future chancellor Friedrich Merz admitted for the first time that he intended to 'discuss' expanding nuclear ...

Friedrich Merz is on track to be the next chancellor though his country’s traditional political stability has vanished.

After an argument between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump in the White House, German ...

With Germany's election results in, Friedrich Merz emerges as a key figure who has promised to reshape Europe-US relations ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia ... on him on his X account @brendanmarkcole. Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's mainstream ...

The Christian Democratic Union party is projected to win the election, but the far-right Alternative for Germany is set for its best result since World War II.

Friedrich Merz may have staved off the ascension of the far-right Alternative for Germany party for now, but the newly ...

Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz claimed victory in Germany’s national election on Sunday after exit polls showed his bloc in the lead. Mr Merz said he was aware of the dimension of ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for ‘independence from the USA’ in his first speech after winning ...

Friedrich Merz, who is set to become the new German chancellor, has vowed to prioritise European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and Russia ...