Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz pledged a stronger role for Berlin in the EU and muscular support ...

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

Friedrich Merz, a leading German political figure, has raised serious concerns about what he calls a “new and unsettling ...

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

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

It's a grim assessment of the exiting government when national defense is among Germany's top concerns in the Feb. 23 election.

During the Cold War, Germany spent between 3% and 4.5% of GDP on defence and maintained 500,000 troops and 800,000 reserve ...

Washington expects Europe to make a greater contribution to the continent's defense. German opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz also predicts that Vance's ...

The frontrunner to become chancellor has bold plans for economic reform, but a flirtation with the far right has hurt his ...

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

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

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