Friedrich Merz said that Europe needed to “achieve independence from the United States, step by step.” That won’t be easy, ...

After more than three years with Chancellor Olaf Scholz at Germany’s helm, Sunday’s election cemented the country’s lurch to ...

Germany's incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said an 'absolute priority' for him will be to distance Europe from the U.S.

Germans have given establishment parties one last chance. Right-wing populists wait on the sidelines. PARIS — The good news ...

Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz last week said the UK and France should discuss whether their nuclear protection ...

Germany now faces a change of government, with conservative Christian Democratic Union party chief Friedrich Merz set to become the next chancellor. What's next for Germany's foreign and security ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s center-right Christian Democrats, who finished first in Sunday’s election, has vowed ...

Germany’s election continues a slump for left-leaning parties in affluent countries, often connected to immigration and the ...

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

The outcome of the German election “has not resulted in a clear path to the constitution being changed to allow for a step ...

Germany now faces a change of government, with conservative Christian Democratic Union party chief Friedrich Merz set to become the next chancellor. What's next for Germany's foreign and security ...

Trump congratulates Germany’s election winner Friedrich Merz, calling it a "great day for conservatives." But Merz stuns NATO ...