Despite his bearish stance on America, Merz believes he turn Trump around. The German leader – who a few years ago boasted that “Donald Trump and I would get along just fine” – is due to visit the ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is weighing how to ... The fight over the Wels Hall is just one in a series of challenges facing the Social Democrats and their senior partners in the ...

BERLIN — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s failure to win a majority in parliament in his first bid to become Germany’s 10th post-World War II chancellor suggests challenges ahead for the attempt ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to meet President Trump at the White House, where they are expected to discuss issues ...

However, it will also face big foreign policy challenges — almost all of which ... For ten years, Friedrich Merz was Chairman of the Atlantik-Brücke — a non-partisan organization for the ...

That’s how long Friedrich Merz’s signature border policy survived before walking into a perfectly laid ambush. While ...

President Trump and German Chancellor Merz will talk tariffs, automobiles and Russia-Ukraine when they meet at the White ...

For better or worse, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s much-anticipated visit to the White House became a backdrop to the ...

In recent days, Mr. Merz added a new and deeply symbolic issue: solidarity with Israel. Germany’s new conservative leader is executing a sharp turnaround in Israel policy—one that challenges the ...

As Chancellor Friedrich Merz gets ready to meet his US counterpart President Donald Trump on Thursday, many Germans don't think their leader has the diplomatic skills to handle foreign policy ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met at the White House to discuss trade and security, maintaining a warm rapport amidst underlying tensions, particularly regarding U.S ...

President Donald Trump is hiking tariffs on aluminum and steel as his administration presses countries to speed up trade talks, amid legal battles.