Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after ...

"It is clear that this [the U.S.] government does not care much about the fate of Europe," says Friedrich Merz, who is set to ...

Germany’s economy is stalled and its politics fractured. But it sees an opening for a new chancellor to lead Europe’s ...

Four candidates are running to be Germany’s next leader: incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merz, current Vice ...

Landau an der Isar, Kempten and Pfarrkirchen – these small towns may be unfamiliar to English, and indeed many German, ears.

At the most newsworthy Munich Security Conference in recent memory last weekend, Germany’s likely next chancellor did all he ...

German conservatives under likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move quickly to try to form a coalition ...

Friedrich Merz and his party won, Elon Musk didn’t seem to move voters, and more lessons from an early German vote with big ...

The election took place seven months earlier than originally planned ... Merz said Sunday night that his top priority is to ...

Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) narrowly wins national elections, setting the stage for Friedrich Merz to become ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election , with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor ...

The single currency gained 0.3 per cent in early trading in Europe to $1.0489. The currency briefly hit a high for the year ...