After his conservative bloc came out ahead in German legislative elections with almost 30 percent of the vote, Friedrich Merz ...

French President Emmanuel Macron and Germany's conservative chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz agreed during a meeting in ...

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

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To immediately free up budgetary leeway to finance his country's rearmament, the incoming chancellor plans to vote in a ...

European Union leaders are holding emergency summit talks to beef up their own military defenses and make sure Ukraine will still be properly protected by its allies.

From Paris to Warsaw, Brussels and beyond, the impending arrival of a new man at the top of German politics is being met with giddy excitement.

Friedrich Merz, the chancellor-in-waiting, has the in-tray from hell as country tries to cope with increasing economic ...

The victory of the Christian Democratic leader in the February 23 German parliamentary elections was met with relief by ...

Chancellor-in-waiting may ask for shelter under UK and France’s nuclear umbrella as he calls for Europe to build up its ...

PARIS — France is warming up to the possibility of seizing Russian frozen assets to help Ukraine, said an official with ...