Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become chancellor after Germany’s snap election next month, will take his campaign pitch ...

The front-runner to become Germany's next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has called for a common European strategy in view of ...

Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), firmly rejected any ...

Friedrich Merz, the German conservative who is the front-runner to become the next chancellor, downplayed a remark by US ...

Thousands of people have demonstrated against a convention of the far-right Alternative for Germany, blocking some roads and ...

Germany’s economy shrank for a second straight year in 2024, underlining the severity of the downturn facing Europe’s ...

If the polls hold, Mr. Scholz’s successor as chancellor could be Friedrich Merz, the now 69-year-old leader of the rival conservative-centrist Christian Democratic Union. He is offering to get ...

Economic output in Europe's largest economy sank 0.2% last year after it declined 0.3% in 2023, the first two-year contraction since 2003, according to Germany's federal statistics agency Destatis on ...

Thyssenkrupp said a planned green steel site worth around 3 billion euros ($3.1 billion) could go ahead even if government ...

With opposition leader Friedrich Merz likely to be Germany’s next chancellor, experts weigh in on whether his tough China ...

The German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, who is in pole position to become the country’s next chancellor, has said the EU should make a fresh attempt at a sweeping free trade deal with the ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, tipped to become chancellor in next month's election, said Germany would spend more on defence but would not commit to a NATO defence spending target as called ...