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

After his conservative bloc came out ahead in German legislative elections with almost 30 percent of the vote, Friedrich Merz ...

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

BERLIN (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron and Germany's conservative chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz agreed ...

In a televised address, President Emmanuel Macron warned that Europe needed to deal with a retreating America and a bellicose ...

French President Emmanuel Macron will dine with Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz at the Elysee Palace in Paris ...

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

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Chancellor-in-waiting may ask for shelter under UK and France’s nuclear umbrella as he calls for Europe to build up its ...

Germany's future chancellor Friedrich Merz admitted for the first time that he intended to 'discuss' expanding nuclear ...

PARIS — France is warming up to the possibility of seizing Russian frozen assets to help Ukraine, said an official with ...