Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called for European unity in the face of current political challenges, ...

The private sector will ignore the order at their peril – non-compliance could mean banks and the whole spectrum of ...

RACHEL Reeves is cutting welfare to avoid breaking her fiscal rules. She’d rather punish the poor than lose face.

Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe?” The question was famously attributed to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry ...

Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

FILE - Floor leader Friedrich Merz, left, and Angela Merkel ... in Hamburg, Germany, Dec. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File) FILE - The top candidate for Chancellor, Friedrich Merz ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

The recent German elections saw the far right and far left hoover up a large share of votes, particularly among young people.

But the heart of the book is her tour de force march through 21st-century German and European politics and history. This is not a tell-all memoir, nor does Merkel waste any time on introspection, ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz made a surprise visit to Paris to meet French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday. The visit comes just days after his conservative CDU/CSU bloc ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor ... who saw his ascent derailed by former Chancellor Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and even turned his back on ...