Germany’s likely next chancellor wants to reboot ties with France, do a free-trade deal with Donald Trump and get tougher on ...

After an election dominated by immigration and economic issues, Germany’s likely new chancellor is Friedrich Merz, the leader of the conservative Christian Democrats. His party finished first with ...

Germany’s mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the country’s national election, ensuring that Ukraine has an ...

Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces ...

Argentine President Javier Milei took heavy flak from friends and foes alike after his country abstained at the United ...

Nahal Toosi is POLITICO’s senior foreign affairs correspondent. She has reported on war, genocide and political chaos in a career that has taken her around the world. Germans delivered a major ...

Triumphant CDU leader hits out at Washington and calls for stronger European security amid attempts to build government.

Friedrich Merz ... has been mocked by some Germans who see Mr. Merz, who flies his own private plane, as being divorced from the economic reality many members of the middle class face.

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), is set to take the reins of the country’s government following a national election that saw his party secure ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany ... In the past, an outspoken proponent of America and its liberal economic politics, on the cusp of power Mr Merz made his new position clear.

Merz-led CDU/CSU bloc has garnered 28.8% of the vote, followed by 20.2% for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) The opposition conservative leader Friedrich ... result since World War II.