Europeans are reconsidering their security and giving currency to an idea the U.S. has long sought to avoid: a nuclear-armed ...

The successful completion of the probing negotiations for the winner of the Bundestag elections, the Christian Democratic ...

EU chief Antonio Costa on Thursday hosted Germany's likely next leader Friedrich Merz for talks ahead of a key summit on ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Sunday said he would like talks with France and Britain about sharing their ...

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

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

Germany's would-be next chancellor, conservative leader Friedrich Merz, and the Social Democrats (SPD) with whom he is trying ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) have concluded ...

The prospective partners in Germany’s next government say they will seek to loosen the nation’s rules on running up debt to ...

The prospect of a military spending boom by Germany unprecedented since the Cold War sent Europe's defence stocks soaring ...

Germany's likely new Chancellor inherits a series of plans for health reform and must deal with an ageing population and underinvestment in infrastructure. Ferry Biedermann reports.