The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left ...

Such a plan would mark a step-change in Germany’s traditionally conservative approach to public borrowing. Berlin in 2009 ...

German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and Social Democrats have completed preliminary coalition talks. They ...

In Germany, coalition governments are typically formed through a two-step process: parties first engage in exploratory talks ...

Musk says Kyiv frontline would fold if Starlink cut off, provoking Polish backlash - Comes as Zelensky says Ukraine is 'fully ...

Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

European Union leaders are holding emergency summit talks to beef up their own military defenses and make sure Ukraine will ...

Friday's press conference had escalated after Trump and Vance berated the Ukrainian leader for being "disrespectful", ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

Germany’s Friedrich Merz, poised to be his country’s next chancellor, said he thinks the explosive exchange between Ukrainian ...

The CDU/CSU and SPD are proposing to create a special fund of €500bn for infrastructure and defence by reforming the ...

Germany's likely chancellor-to-be announces a political deal to raise hundreds of billions of euros in extra spending.