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

Germany’s probable next leader talks about Ukraine, saving the economy and beating the AfD in an exclusive interview ...

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.

IT IS A calm and confident Friedrich Merz who greets The Economist on February ... Mr Merz promises to energise the “Weimar triangle" with France and Poland, musing on military co-operation ...

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 ...