However, it will also face big foreign policy challenges— almost all of which are linked to Donald Trump. Those were the ...

The prospective next German government’s plans to enable higher defense spending by loosening strict debt rules and to set up ...

Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the ...

Forget the back-slapping pol ready to banter about the Bundesliga; Friedrich Merz is a former corporate lawyer who wrote a book urging voters to “Dare for More Capitalism”—in 2008.

After securing the largest share in the German election, Conservative party leader Friedrich Merz has met French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. They discussed European security in the face of ...

Yet, there’s understandable skepticism that Friedrich Merz can bear this mantle, much less fend off the far right. But now, after three decades of trying, Merz has the chance to prove he can.

This score enables the president of the CDU party, Friedrich Merz, to realize his dream ... Parce qu’une autre personne (ou vous) est en train de lire Le Monde avec ce compte sur un autre ...

Friedrich Merz sharply criticised US President Donald Trump’s chief confidante Elon Musk for meddling in the German election campaign after the tech billionaire publicly backed the far-right AfD ...

Germany now faces a change of government, with conservative Christian Democratic Union party chief Friedrich ... night, Merz spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron, who was then en route ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become the post-World War Germany’s 10th chancellor marking the culmination of a years-long political career that was once sidelined by his party's iconic leader.