Germany’s Friedrich Merz, poised to be his country’s next chancellor, said he thinks the explosive exchange between Ukrainian ...

Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

Election winner Friedrich Merz wants to sew up a coalition with defeated Chancellor Olaf Scholz's SPD by Easter.

Friedrich Merz faces a host of political, economic and foreign policy challenges as he puts together a working coalition ...

Support for bringing back some form of military service has grown across political party lines. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has held discussions with Germany's incoming chancellor, Friedrich Merz, about enhancing cooperation. Zelenskiy praised Germany's leadership in supplying air ...

Germany's conservatives, who are set to lead the next government, have argued that the country should quickly reintroduce ...

The Die Linke star behind the party’s rise in recent elections says there is ‘real momentum for progressive politics’.

The UK has proposed a European rearmament bank, modelled on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, to bolster ...

German police have urged residents to avoid downtown Mannheim after social media reports suggested a car-ramming attack had ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday he thought US President Donald Trump had deliberately escalated ...