Merz said that, in their meeting, he “thought he succeeded” in impressing on Trump how German-owned car plants based in the US export as many cars to the rest of the world as BMW, Volkswagen ...

1:50 Germany pledges to help Ukraine develop its own long-range missiles German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, a day after meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, that he ...

President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz papered over their differences, especially concerning the war in Ukraine, during their first face-to-face meeting in the Oval Office on ...

In his first U.S. visit as chancellor, Friedrich Merz will discuss tariffs and defense concerns with President Trump as he looks to bolster relations while maintaining Germany's position.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met US President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday afternoon. But did Merz get everything he wanted from the talks? Having been elected Germany's ...

German Chancellor Merz is doing the rounds of US media after his talks with President Trump.. In his interviews, he's been pushing the message that tariffs are bad for Germany, the US and others ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on the US to apply more pressure on Russia to end its three-year-old war on Ukraine. “You know that we gave support to Ukraine and that we are looking ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met in Berlin to discuss the war effort; Merz said Germany would help Ukraine develop new weapons with 'no range ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday inaugurated a historic new brigade in Lithuania, saying that Germany and its NATO partners are prepared to defend "every inch" of the alliance's territory.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz for the first time publicly advocated spending up to 5% of the German economy on defense. “We are on the way to commit ourselves to allocating the 3.5% NATO quota for ...

New German chancellor Friedrich Merz has promised to build the Continent’s strongest army and deliver root-and-branch welfare and pension reform, as well as more coherent leadership at EU level ...

Merz argued that aside from tariffs, the EU should offer “broad recognition” of technical standards because of “great potential for opening up of markets.” An example would be rules around cars. When ...