Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

Then German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) speaks at a press conference at the CDU headquarters. Michael Kappeler/dpa 34,691 people played the daily Crossword ...

In a country torn between its attachment to the transatlantic link and its hostility to nuclear weapons, Friedrich Merz, the ...

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Germany needs a new government fast. The center-right and center-left are set to hammer out an agreement by Easter, but there are several sticking points.Negotiators of the conservative Christian ...

Most of Germany's major political parties are due to hold press conferences to discuss the aftermath of the election. The SPD ...

Germany’s Green Party has threatened to torpedo plans put forward by likely incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz to invest ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz plans to free Germany from the fiscal straitjacket that former leader Angela Merkel had ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called for European unity in the face of current political challenges, ...