This same incrementalism runs through much of what Mr Merz says. Even if talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin lead ...

Friedrich Merz, the leading candidate for Germany’s next chancellor, has said that Europe must be united in foreign, security ...

Center-right and center-left chancellor candidates clashed in a fiery debate, exposing deep divisions just weeks ahead of a ...

Favorite to be next German chancellor loses bid to use AfD support to push through immigration law, after days of turmoil ...

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Friedrich Merz portrayed Olaf Scholz as a ditherer who led Germany into economic crisis, while the Social Democrat presented ...

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

The candidate for the position of Germany's next chancellor from the CDU/CSU alliance expects US Vice President JD Vance to ...

Germany’s outgoing government is the border checks it imposed on all its frontiers last fall by another six months as it ...

President Donald Trump has regularly threatened to impose tariffs on the United States’ top trading partners, accusing them ...

German opposition leader and chancellor-hopeful Friedrich Merz is scheduled to meet U.S. Vice President JD Vance for ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday took aim at his conservative rival Friedrich Merz as lawmakers convened for a final ...