BERLIN — Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in his ... center-left Social Democrats led by outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who lost the national election in February. Upon announcing the second ...

The incoming German chancellor campaigned as a debt hawk. Then a source told him about Trump’s plans for NATO.

Western allies have sought post-war German rearmament before. While German defence spending has been miserly for decades, it is easy to forget how large the Federal Republic’s military was during the ...

The ruling parties of German politics seem to have run out of ideas on how to sway voters away from the growing Alternative ...

By all accounts, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's visit to Donald Trump in the Oval Office was a success. But the bar was low. There are plenty of potential pitfalls for the trans-Atlantic ...

President Trump's meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will take place amid a backdrop of tensions between the U.S. and Europe over trade and Ukraine.

The Republican threatened to end ‘Elon’s government contracts’ in response to the magnate’s criticism of his tax bill. The comment was made during the Republican’s meeting with Chancellor Merz at the ...

German Chancellor Merz has praised Israel for doing the 'dirty work' for everyone, but said that Israel also lacked the necessary weapons.

BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Friedrich Merz had a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which ...

President Donald Trump met with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office for the first time since Merz’s election last month. The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war was a focal point of the ...

Merz's forthright, "shoot-from-the-hip" style of politics could add an interesting dimension to the meeting. His remarks can be surprising and make headlines - a stark contrast to those of his more ...