Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

Friedrich Merz speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in Berlin.

The Franco-German partnership, historically central to key decisions in Brussels, has been strained over the past three years ...

OP-ED. The likely future German chancellor may be a hard-line conservative, but he could well be the man to transform the country and revitalize Europe, writes international relations specialist ...

Sir Keir Starmer must offer Europe the protection of Britain’s nuclear weapons amid fears of Donald Trump scaling back ...

Following the victory of the Christian Democrats with Friedrich Merz in the Bundestag election, Brussels has not only offered congratulations but also made its first demands. Germany is expected to ...

The crucial question now is which coalition will help Friedrich Merz secure the Chancellorship, and how stable and enduring ...

The German electorate has backed conservative Friedrich Merz to lead Germany, and by extension Europe, during a decisive stress test in trans-Atlantic relations. Can he rise to expectations?

Despite significant gains for the far right, the election may just result in a German government able to take on a leadership role in Europe.

Friedrich Merz says ‘intervention’ from Washington ‘no less drastic, dramatic, and ultimately no less brazen, than the intervention that we have seen from Moscow’ ...

If Friedrich Merz becomes Germany’s Chancellor, he must navigate coalition-building, far-right influence, economic hurdles, ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...