Free Expression: For all its bold talk, Europe could easily remain economically hidebound, politically divided and militarily weak even as tensions with the U.S. rise dramatically. Photo: Emil ...

Although some defence projects have long been exempt from state aid curbs, the relaxed regime would make it far easier for Friedrich Merz’s government to rapidly allocate public funds to a wide ...

The CDU’s Friedrich Merz is set to become chancellor once a governing coalition with the Social Democrats (SPD) gets to work next month. CDU heavyweight Jens Spahn, a former health minister, told Bild ...

I didn’t expect to find an old friend. “Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature” arrived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York this winter after a series of shows in Germany in ...

The German parliament plans to meet on May 6 to elect Friedrich Merz as the country's next leader, if all the parties in his proposed government approve a coalition agreement reached last week.

Fortunately, the incoming coalition government, led by Friedrich Merz, seems up to the task, so long as it demonstrates the resolve to follow through with fundamental reforms.

German lawmakers will gather in early May to elect Friedrich Merz as chancellor after his conservative bloc sealed a coalition agreement with the main centre-left party, the Bundestag said Monday.

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, raises his hand during a vote at a session of the Bundestag. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP) German ...

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Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting, suggested on April 13 that long-range Taurus missiles, if delivered to Ukraine, could be used to target strategic Russian military infrastructure in ...

Germany's likely incoming chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said Sunday that the country is open to supplying Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles, but only with the support of its European partners, ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of committing a war crime after a Russian missile attack killed at least 34 people, including children ...