The conservative CDU/CSU parliamentary group of Christian Democratic (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz intends to propose experienced politician Julia Klöckner to be the next Bundestag president later ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz is set to break years of fiscal stringency to counter the erosion of the transatlantic ...

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Under the Merkel regime, of which incoming Chancellor Merz ... in Ukraine in exchange for exportation to it of strategic minerals. This was President Zelensky’s idea. In Germany the burning question ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing ...

Friedrich Merz, almost assured to be Germany’s next chancellor, is ignoring conventional wisdom when it comes to relations ...

Merkel collaborated especially well with France’s Emmanuel Macron, a passionate fellow Europeanist, communicating a vision of a united Europe and its core values to the rest of the world. Dubbed “ ...

On March 13, 2025, a public hearing was held in the budget committee of the German Bundestag on the planned amendment to the ...

Angela Merkel said there is nothing wrong with attempting to understand Vladimir Putin. In an interview with the Berliner Zeitung, the former German chancellor criticized the invasion of Ukraine and ...

Once a coalition is formed, the German president—different ... He’s a longtime rival of Merkel who had left politics after she ascended to power in Germany, and previously lost two votes ...

Mr Merz is Chairman of the CDU - Germany's center-right party. It was headed for 18 years, from 2000 until 2018, by Angela Merkel ... recent meeting with US Vice President JD Vance, the German ...

Angela Merkel noted that there is nothing wrong with trying to understand Vladimir Putin. In an interview with Berliner ...