Mr. Hermsmeier is a journalist who writes about Germany’s politics and society. Friedrich Merz didn’t waste time. Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s ...

Friedrich Merz, poised to become Germany’s next chancellor, is charting an unexpected course in relations with President ...

For ten years, Friedrich Merz was Chairman of the Atlantik-Brücke — a non-partisan organization for the cultivation of American-German relations. Germany was already in bad standing with Trump ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the German Christian Democratic Party and projected next chancellor, believes that the dispute in the White House during the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his likely successor Friedrich Merz have expressed ... in this terrible war." Background: ・President Zelenskyy left the White House ahead of schedule following ...

Hours after his election victory last Sunday, Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s ... seeks to divide and undermine democracy in Europe. The White House, like the Kremlin, seems intent ...

Merz Open on Debt Question as German Parties Start Talks By Andreas Rinke and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -Election winner Friedrich Merz ... Trump back in the White House and dealing ...

Friedrich Merz said the astonishing White House confrontation on Friday made it almost inevitable that Germany would have to increase defence spending on its own military. He said he was hopeful ...