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

Germany’s economy is at a breaking point, and one controversial rule may be responsible - the debt brake. This strict policy, introduced in 2009, prevents Germany from borrowing more than 0.35% of its ...

Watch the trailer for 'Merkel,' a documentary about Germany's historic chancellor, Angela Merkel, who ruled for 16 years.

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

Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe? The question was famously attributed to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry ...

CDU celebrations are muted because a 28.52pc vote share means a weaker negotiating position in coalition with the centre-Left ...

The real winners of Germany’s election are sitting in Moscow. Despite Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats (CDU) technically ...

From Danijel Višević, General Partner, World Fund, Former communications adviser to chancellor Angela Merkel, Berlin, Germany ...

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

The surging far-right is a symptom of a world slipping out of progressive control – and comprehension.

But Angela Merkel, then the party's overall leader ... he is pro-business and wants to tackle Germany's shrinking economy by increasing spending. He made headlines in the early 2000s for ...