While polling suggests Germany's far-right AfD party will fare well, it's very unlikely to be part of the next government of ...

On European issues, the leader of the Christian Democrats and likely future chancellor of Germany intends to lay boundaries ...

Friedrich Merz, expected to become Germany's next chancellor, promises a more assertive foreign policy aligned with a strong ...

Friedrich Merz is on the precipice of becoming Germany’s next chancellor. If successful, his conservatism and quest for new allies to secure Europe’s nuclear deterrent could create a “two-speed Europe ...

The country’s new government will need to quickly demonstrate its resilience and that it can take on the task of showing that Europe counts.

Then, in late January, Friedrich Merz, the head of the center-right Christian Democratic ... a political cooperation framework between France, Germany, and Poland. Yet he will need to engage with the ...

The top four candidates to become Germany's next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, Olaf Scholz ... could include "parts of the Baltic, parts of Poland." Asked whether he would include the territory ...

Based on the latest Betfair Exchange German election odds, the next chancellor is most likely to be the CDU's Friedrich Merz. He debated ... with France and Poland to support Ukraine.

But party leader Friedrich Merz has quietly left the door open to ... ties with the U.S. and renewed cooperation with France and Poland. It backs Ukraine with diplomatic, financial, humanitarian ...