Twenty-five years after the launch of the euro, the European Union faces a serious predicament, with the two largest ...

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) said on Wednesday they had agreed to start talks on a possible coalition with Friedrich Merz ...

French President Emmanuel Macron and Germany's conservative chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz agreed during a meeting in ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's mainstream conservatives, has said that Europe must become independent from the ...

Friedrich Merz's task will be complicated by the need to form a coalition with the center-left Social Democrats of outgoing ...

Merz expressed concern over changing relations with Washington under the Trump administration, emphasizing the need for ...

Such talks often drag on for weeks if not months in Germany, but Merz is in a hurry to reach a deal with Europe's biggest economy facing economic malaise and an upheaval in relations with the U.S.

“Many in Paris place a lot of hope in Merz,” said Camille Grand, a distinguished policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. The French, he added, “hope Germany will now move ...

Boldness is characteristic of Mr. Merz, analysts say, and reflects a conviction that Germany must be more forcefully engaged in European and global affairs. Mr. Scholz has often been criticized ...

BERLIN (AP) — European leaders pledged late Friday to stand by Ukraine in the wake of the contentious Oval Office meeting ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz pledged to help Europe achieve "real independence from the US" on defence in stark ...

Friedrich Merz, who is on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country's election, has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent's security as it ...