However, it will also face big foreign policy challenges— almost all of which are linked to Donald Trump. Those were the ...

Under pressure from Trump and with Russia menacing, Germany's incoming leader plans to revamp the country's defense posture.

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing ...

Likely next chancellor Merz says he ‘cannot imagine’ deploying European troops in Ukraine under current circumstances, but ...

Friedrich Merz, almost assured to be Germany’s next chancellor, is ignoring conventional wisdom when it comes to relations ...

Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the ...

The likely next chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, announced on Friday, March 14, that he had secured enough votes to ...

German voters have had their say. Now their verdict is being turned into reality underneath the glass dome of Berlin’s ...

An incoming government wants to borrow much more to revamp the economy and rebuild the military. That means a change in the ...

Chancellor-in-waiting uses outgoing Bundestag to loosen debt brake and unleash investments in defence and infrastructure ...

Germany’s chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz has agreed a deal with the Green party to inject hundreds of billions into the ...

Friedrich Merz promised tougher measures to tackle illegal migration, including by turning away people at Germany's borders ...