A bold move by Germany’s prime minister-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to ease longstanding caps on government spending has won ...

Was the report on the causes of the pandemic kept under lock and key? Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel denies it, and ...

The leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and a top contender for the chancellorship, Merz is playing a ...

Was the report on the causes of the pandemic kept under lock and key? Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel denies it, and ...

Many are disaffected conservatives who believe the CDU under Angela Merkel drifted too far left. Governing with the AfD would let Mr. Merz reclaim this base while tempering the far-right through ...

CDU politician Julia Klöckner is the new president of the German parliament. She is seen as a controversial choice by many, ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore up Ukraine’s sovereignty and defend Europe from Russia with or without the ...

He was first elected to the European Parliament in 1989, and by 2000 had become chairman of the CDU’s parliamentary alliance. However, fellow party member Angela Merkel eventually pushed Merz aside, ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called for European unity in the face of current political challenges, telling the Rheinische Post newspaper it was important to stick together to ...

The likely next government should have substantial financial leeway, thanks to credit-financed special funds. However, it ...

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and Russia’s war on Ukraine.