German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has urged his European partners to do everything they can to maintain good relations with ...

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

Significantly, Merz began his speech by praising the pro-war and rearmament policies of his predecessor, Olaf Scholz (SPD).

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will be traveling to Rome to meet with Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni. German ...

And yet Germany’s leaders have struggled to come to grips with the full dimensions of the crisis. The prior government, a three-party coalition helmed by the center-left Social Democratic Party of ...

Chancellor Merz criticizes Russian President Putin's absence from Istanbul peace talks, saying a ceasefire could have been ...

The European Union remains, at least in theory, a union of sovereign nation-states. Even within the nearly identical Eurozone ...

Chancellor Merz welcomes 1st direct talks between Ukrainian, Russian delegations in over 3 years, calls for increased ...

Germany and the UK are increasing their military cooperation. They want to develop long-range precision weapons. The aim is ...

European leaders agreed on Friday to press ahead with joint action against Russia over the failure to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, after consultations with U ...

The European Union is working on a new package of sanctions to increase pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin over the ...

Friedrich Merz told German newspaper Die Zeit that “Nord Stream 2 currently has no operating licence, and that is not expected to change.” ...