In his maiden speech as chancellor to Germany's Bundestag, Merz tried to position himself as a unifying centrist figure.

German Chancellor Merz pledged to build Europe’s strongest army, boosting defense spending amid Russia threats, stressing deterrence, NATO unity, and support for Ukraine.

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he will work to bring Europe and the U.S. together in their approach to Ukraine.

Newly-elected German Chancellor Friedrich Merz presented his government’s vision to the Bundestag on Wednesday, stressing ...

Germany's draft budget for 2026 should be approved by the cabinet in July and discussions on it should start in parliament in ...

Misleading claims that the "black-red" coalition government led by Friedrich Merz is set to introduce "censorship laws" under ...

TOM KREBS is Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim, member of the German Minimum Wage Commission, and former ...

Against a backdrop of the mayhem caused by the first 100 days of the Trump administration, Europe is faced with a number of ...

At the Tegernsee summit, business leaders urged Germany’s new government to turn campaign promises into reality.

The new German government does not expect the European Union's debt rules to put the brakes on the country's planned spending ...

The announcement was made by leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Poland and Ukraine after a meeting in Kyiv, and a phone ...