Chancellor Friedrich Merz's visit to Washington was met with favorable coverage back home, with many hailing a new political style that contrasts with that of his predecessors, Olaf Scholz and ...

The incoming German chancellor campaigned as a debt hawk. Then a source told him about Trump’s plans for NATO.

The new German government faced its first major roadblock on Thursday after its constituent parties failed to defuse an internal row over whether to reduce electricity prices for individual consumers.

Olaf Scholz reflected on his years in government as the Social Democratic Party congress bids farewell to the former ...

President Trump's meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will take place amid a backdrop of tensions between the U.S. and Europe over trade and Ukraine.

After years of sputtering and frustration, the Franco-German engine – the most powerful force within Europe – is humming ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that he does not intend to hold telephone conversations with Russian leader ...

More German leadership in Europe had been Merz's pitch since his opposition days, and he has repeatedly scoffed at his ...

For better or worse, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s much-anticipated visit to the White House became a backdrop to the Trump-Musk meltdown.

In an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump likened the war in Ukraine — which Russia invaded in early 2022 — to a fight between two young children who hated each other.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made it clear in an interview with the Züddeutsche Zeitung newspaper published Friday, June 27, that he has no plans to talk on the phone with Russia's ruler Putin ...