Friedrich Merz faces a host of political, economic and foreign policy challenges as he puts together a working coalition ...

Friedrich Merz heralds a new era for Germany, after the German elections revealed a majority of young voters are leaning ...

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

The expected happened in the German elections held on Sunday, February 23, 2025. The turnout was the largest in decades. The electorate gave the most votes to the Christian Democrats and their sister ...

Friedrich Merz’s long-anticipated victory in Germany’s federal election on February 23rd marked a shift in the country’s ...

Well, of course not. But Germany's accidental chancellor has a crucial role to play in history, like it or not ...

Germany's Social Democrats are one of the West's oldest political parties, with a legacy of advocating parliamentary democracy, opposing Nazism, and leading the modernisation of postwar Germany. In ...

Friedrich Merz's political journey, stance on immigration, leadership style, and economic promises as the potential ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader ...

Friedrich Merz will try to govern with a moderate coalition at a time of rising support for extremist political forces ...

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to end the Russia-Ukraine war without Europe’s participation (or Ukraine’s) and ...