Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after ...

"It is clear that this [the U.S.] government does not care much about the fate of Europe," says Friedrich Merz, who is set to ...

Merz, leader of the CDU/CSU alliance, argued during the election campaign that Europe needed to take more responsibility for ...

US President Donald Trump has hailed Sunday as a “great day for Germany” after an election in which conservative opposition ...

Voters turned out in record numbers for the German election. Here’s a look in charts at the wins and losses, seats in ...

Friedrich Merz sharply criticised US President Donald Trump’s chief confidante Elon Musk for meddling in the German election ...

Friedrich Merz is on track to be the next chancellor though his country's traditional political stability has vanished.

It is time the continent realises the geopolitical contexts are so different that there is no guarantee of an all-weather ...

In Germany, we receive the Ifo index for February. It will be interesting to see if it mirrors the PMI data on Friday, which ...

Romania's interim president Ilie Bolojan and prime minister Marcel Ciolacu have congratulated Friedrich Merz and the Christian Democratic alliance CDU/CSU for winning the parliamentary elections in ...

Coalition forming is the norm for Germany and if the biggest party can secure a coalition deal with one or two other parties, ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s CDU, is set to form a coalition after winning the most votes, per exit polls. The ...