Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after ...

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Merz had signalled openness to reforming Germany’s “debt brake” to finance badly needed infrastructure investments and a ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's likely next Chancellor Friedrich Merz questioned on Sunday whether NATO would remain in its ...

Germany's mainstream conservatives won the country's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation’s ...

The Christian Democratic Union’s likely victory comes despite a strong showing by the far-right Alternative for Germany, or ...

Germany has voted — and the exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich Merz and his Conservative Party on course for a ...

Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces ...

The Christian Democrat, who appeared to have a path to a stable governing coalition, hopes to lead Europe’s response to ...

Whether he can form a strong coalition remains to be seen, but whatever he does will be an essential part of Europe’s ...

Friedrich Merz will be the next chancellor of Germany. And he still can’t tell what his government program will be. His ...

Millions of Germans are deciding the next chancellor in snap elections Sunday with the center-right Christian Democratic ...