Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.

With just two weeks to go (Feb 23 rd ) will the German elections, a number of new, national polls underline the lead of the ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his conservative rival Friedrich Merz faced off in a heated TV debate on Sunday, exactly ...

Will there be a "brutally tough message" from the Americans to the Europeans, as CDU leader Friedrich Merz expects? US Vice ...

German opposition leader and chancellor-hopeful Friedrich Merz is scheduled to meet U.S. Vice President JD Vance for ...

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

IT IS A calm and confident Friedrich Merz who greets The Economist on February 7th at a luxury golf resort in Stromberg, a ...

The German army's battle-readiness is less than when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, military officials, lawmakers and ...

W E HAVE TWO covers this week. In most of the world we contemplate Donald Trump’s plans for the Pentagon. He recently ...

Inciting hatred against migrants, rearmament, and cuts in social provisions stood at the centre of the recent prime-time ...

The vice president delivered a scolding speech advocating that Europe move over to accommodate the rising anti-migration, ...

Germany finds itself less prepared for warfare than when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Armed Forces Association ...