World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader, ...

The German parliament plans to meet on May 6 to elect Friedrich Merz as the country’s next leader, if all the parties in his ...

German's center-right Christian Democratic Union and center-left Social Democrats have reached a deal to form a new German ...

There’s a German saying: “Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm.” (Or: The early bird catches the worm.) It underscores the ...

BERLIN — Germany's would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers' approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the nation's strict debt rules for higher defense spending as doubts ...

BERLIN — Germany’s new lower house of parliament opens on Tuesday for the first time since Friedrich Merz stormed to victory in the Feb. 23 election. It has been quite a whirlwind month. The new ...

Lawmakers have embraced plans unveiled by Friedrich Merz, soon to take the reins as Germany's new chancellor, for an enormous boost to the country's military budget, signaling a dramatic ...

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 ...