Election winner Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU, its Bavarian sister party CSU, and the Social Democrats (SPD) have taken a major step toward forming a coalition government, the heads of the parties ...

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

At a summit in Brussels on Thursday, EU leaders backed plans to spend more on defence amid fears that Russia, emboldened by ...

Friedrich Merz, German Chancellor-in-waiting, advocates nuclear talks with France and Britain while maintaining U.S. protection. He calls for stronger European defense amid rising tensions from Russia ...

Merz’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc has secured broad political backing for the defence initiative. A significant majority in ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Merz wants to form a coalition by Easter and has warned it was "five minutes to midnight" for Europe to ...

In his nightly address on Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr said he would travel to Saudi Arabia on Monday and his team would stay on to hold talks with U.S. officials.

European Union leaders are holding emergency talks on ways to quickly increase their military budgets after the Trump ...

"In response to a historic call from the next German chancellor, I have decided to initiate a strategic discussion about the ...

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