German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday defended his government's decision to retain electricity tax for most businesses ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged the European Union on Thursday to settle a tariff dispute with the United States as ...

Recriminations flew in Berlin on Thursday after Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government failed to agree on a nationwide cut in ...

Germany wants to retain the EU's Schengen area which allows free movement but that can only work if it is not abused by ...

The EU has until Wednesday next week to reach a deal or see swingeing US tariffs kick in on a majority of its goods.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sees a connection between Russian President Vladimir Putin's phone call on Thursday with US ...

A new Trump presidency and the Ukraine war have pushed Germany to change its constitution to spend more on its military.

WARSAW, Poland — Poland will temporarily reinstate border controls with neighboring Germany and Lithuania, Prime Minister ...

Merz’s key ally and Germany's second-in-command, Lars Klingbeil, is struggling to unite his Social Democrats behind his ...

Friedrich Merz reacts after he failed to be elected new chancellor in the first voting process at the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Tuesday, May 6, 2025.

German Chancellor also called the decision not to admit Ukraine to NATO at the alliance's 2008 summit a mistake ...

"We have not yet begun this [training]," German Chancellor said, adding that "this has been and continues to be an option" ...