German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Washington next week to meet U.S. President Donald Trump, with the war in Ukraine and trade tensions among the items on the agenda, the German ...

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.

Friedrich Merz, the newly inaugurated German chancellor, will take a seat in the Oval Office on Thursday for his first in-person meeting with US President Donald Trump.

Bei CDU-Chef Friedrich Merz dürfte das zum Beispiel die (längst widerrufene) Ankündigung aus dem Jahr 2019 sein, die AfD „halbieren“ zu können. Tatsächlich reitet die Rechtsaußen-Partei ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz with President Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press) Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz came to Washington prepared to withstand ...

D-Day was 'not a pleasant day for you,' Trump tells German leader German Chancellor Friedrich Merz noted the June 6 D-Day anniversary while pressing Trump to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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President Trump made a verbal faux pas during his meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House, describing D-Day as "not a great day," on Thursday, June 5, ...

Trump told German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that Russia and Ukraine were fighting like children in a park and might not want to be pulled apart yet.

But they split their votes among Mr. Merz’s parties (28.6%), the free-market Free Democrats (4.3%, too low a share to win seats in the parliament) and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is weighing how to confront the Alternative for Germany party, which has been rising in the polls. By Clay Risen Reporting from Berlin Ever since the German ...