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 ...

The Kremlin criticised Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Monday over comments suggesting Germany might send ...

The coalition negotiations between the social democratic SPD and conservative right CDU/CSU are going surprisingly smoothly, ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become Germany's 10th post-World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader, Angela Merkel ...

Investment in infrastructure and military isn’t straightforward in a country that often struggles to get things done.

Merz made his first key move on March 18 in the Bundestag, followed by a second on March 21 in the Bundesrat. Both moves ...

The case for European equities You may remember Mario Draghi’s “whatever it takes ... Using similar language, Germany’s new chancellor Friedrich Merz promised to do “whatever it takes ...

“He exhibited his work in over 22 countries. When we think of him, we think of him as witty. He gave the audience their everyday quota of smiles. The first thing that people used to do was to open the ...

While the European Commission is still drafting its final rearmament plan and the U.S. and Russia are trying to decide whether they’re playing poker or hockey, Friedrich Merz is already making ... the ...

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 ...

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 ...