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

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

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

Macron proposed opening a "strategic debate" to extend France’s nuclear arsenal to European allies, echoing the historic call from Germany’s likely future chancellor, Friedrich Merz.

The FTSE 100 hit a record high today after Sir Keir Starmer held an emergency peace summit in London yesterday. Share prices of UK and European defence companies soared today as the UK and the ...

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

But, although he will not become chancellor for some weeks, Friedrich Merz, who won Germany’s election on February 23rd, has ...

FILE - Floor leader Friedrich Merz, left, and Angela Merkel, chairwoman of the Christian Democrats Union party (CDU), cheer after Merz's speech to the delegates of the CDU party convention in ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz has revealed plans for a new €500 billion special fund aimed at boosting infrastructure and defence spending. Just over a week after his victory in the federal elections, ...

BERLIN — Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz is promising a constitutional revolution to allow Germany to become Europe’s unlikely big spender — on arms and infrastructure — to contend with a new ...

French President Emmanuel Macron is back at the center of global diplomacy. He is seeking to ease relations with President ...

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has congratulated Friedrich Merz, the Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union, on their impressive success in Germany's election. In a post on ...