Post-WWII Germany has long been wary of state power and unfettered spending − and that may stymie new chancellor’s plans.

For all these reasons, we are rooting for the success of Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz. He is a 69-year-old lawyer ...

The condemnation of the AfD has raised a fundamental dilemma of democracy: How does an open, free, pluralistic society ...

Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said on Wednesday that his country’s ties with China are being “shaped by systemic rivalry and power politics”, in a first major speech to the ...

Friedrich Merz said: “We must make all the means available that the Bundeswehr needs so that it can become the strongest conventional army in Europe.” His comments suggest that Germany ...

As Germany marked the 80th anniversary of the ... a momentous decision in the lap of the nation’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz. “He takes it very seriously,” one of the chancellor ...

BERLIN —Germany will take more responsibility for Europe's defense by building the strongest army in the EU, conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in a wide-ranging speech in the Bundestag on ...

The co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has described the country's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz as a ...

For Germany and Europe, the stakes in the run-up to the vote to ratify Merz as chancellor could not have been higher – a cascade of crises confronts both. As SPD’s parliamentary leader Jens ...