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

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

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

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a deal to end the war between Ukraine and Russia “is still very, very far away." ...

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

A deal to end the war between Ukraine and Russia “is still very, very far away”, Volodymyr Zelensky has said, adding that he ...

The White House is reportedly split on how to handle Ukraine following the row, with some advisers taking “extreme positions” ...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) retired to its sickbed as soon as Donald Trump won the presidential election ...

Could February 23, 2025, become known as Europe’s Independence Day? It might as well be if the winner of Germany’s election, Friedrich Merz, ...