German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is setting off on Wednesday for his first trip to the wealthy and strategically important Gulf region. The first stop is Saudi Arabia, followed by Qatar and the United ...

By Sarah Marsh and Matthias Williams BERLIN, Jan 29 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday said Europe had ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the European Union can be an “alternative to imperialism and autocracy” and can forge ...

German chancellor Friedrich Merz described “certain sectors” of his country’s economy as being in “very critical” condition ...

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Chancellor Friedrich Merz joined the head of Germany's main foreign trade association on Wednesday in ...

If the chancellor’s effort falters, European leaders will find it far harder to muster a convincing response to the threats ...

Ahead of a series of key state elections, one conservative premier’s decision to step aside is intended to prevent the AfD ...

Berlin is considering developing its own atomic weapons to bolster Europe’s nuclear umbrella and the US’s own stockpile in ...

Government spokesman says chancellor will leave Davos earlier than planned on Thursday to attend informal EU summit in ...

In the Chancellery, talk is therefore of "new strategic partnerships" — with India, which Merz already visited at the start ...

Merz’s response to the new world situation he described could just as well have come from one of Hitler’s programmatic speeches in the early 1930s.

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany's next chancellor. He has a checkered history in German politics — from challenging Angela Merkel to causing controversy by aligning with the far right.