Such talks often drag on for weeks if not months in Germany, but Merz is in a hurry to reach a deal with Europe's biggest economy facing economic malaise and an upheaval in relations with the U.S.

Twenty-five years after the launch of the euro, the European Union faces a serious predicament, with the two largest ...

Migration policy was one of the biggest issues of the  German 2025 election. It continues to spark controversy after the ballot. The far-right AfD accused Friedrich Merz, l eader of the winning center ...

Election winner Friedrich Merz said on Friday he was open to reforming Germany's legally prescribed spending limits as his ...

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

In Germany, center-right wins election German opposition leader Friedrich Merz is set to be the country’s next chancellor ...

Friedrich Merz is in favor of boosting Europe’s military strength, standing against antisemites and by the Jewish state, and getting tougher on Iran.

Opposition to the status quo must not be monopolized by the right-wing extremist visions of parties like Alternative für ...

Hours after Friedrich Merz's conservatives won Germany's national election, he sent the outgoing Social Democrat government a ...

A center-right chancellor should be good news for the GOP. Musk and Vance shouldn’t have meddled.

Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics Podcast, Carl Cannon spoke with historian and Council on Foreign Relations fellow Liana Fix ...

Debate is building over just how deep the Trump administration’s antagonism runs, and whether the real goal is to destroy the ...