Mr Merz revealed plans for two changes to the debt brake, a constitutional provision in place since 2009 that lets the ...

The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left ...

A provision would exempt defence spending above 1% of GDP from debt brake rules, enabling Germany to increase military ...

Friedrich Merz has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent's security as it grapples with the new Trump ...

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a conversation with Friedrich Merz, leader of the CDU party, which won the ...

Compared to last October, the vote for the CDU/CSU is down slightly vis a vis the polls, the AfD have not rallied as much as ...

The likely next chancellor is unpopular, and his country’s economy has stalled. But his penchant for risks could help lead to ...

“After [President] Donald Trump’s remarks last week … it is clear that this government does not care much about the fate of Europe,” said Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic ...

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory ...

Friedrich Merz — the leader of the victorious Christian Democratic Union-Christian Social Union alliance — is a U.S.-loving former lawyer but he may clash with President Donald Trump ...

The leader of the conservative Christian Democrats celebrated as exit polls indicated they had won Sunday’s election, which ...