The Franco-German partnership, historically central to key decisions in Brussels, has been strained over the past three years ...

Merz has pledged to tighten immigration controls, introducing a five-point plan that includes stricter border checks, entry ...

Following rare back-to-back economic contractions in 2023 and 2024, German businesses are hopeful that a new government ...

Merkel enjoyed an improbable rise from East German chemistry researcher to her reunited country’s first female chancellor.

German voters are heading to the polls for a national election. German voters are heading to the polls Sunday for a national ...

If Europe’s leaders dare learn the tough lesson Trump is teaching, they will restore national cohesion — which prosperity ...

Former Mayer Brown counsel and Blackrock advisor Friedrich Merz is Germany’s presumptive new Chancellor after his Christian ...

Friedrich Merz looks poised to form a coalition between his center-right alliance and the center-left Social Democrats, but ...

However, owing to a constitutional amendment brought in by a previous coalition government, public spending in Germany is ...

F RIEDRICH MERZ, who is likely to become Germany’s next chancellor, used his victory in Sunday’s elections to issue a ...

The likely next chancellor is unpopular, and his country’s economy has stalled. But his penchant for risks could help lead to ...

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s ...