Friedrich Merz, poised to become Germany’s next chancellor, is charting an unexpected course in relations with President ...

Mr. Hermsmeier is a journalist who writes about Germany’s politics and society. Friedrich Merz didn’t waste time. Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s ...

Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz thinks he’s found a way ... the country’s constitutional balanced-budget amendment. Mr. Merz of the center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) this week struck ...

For ten years, Friedrich Merz was Chairman of the Atlantik-Brücke — a non-partisan organization for the cultivation of American-German relations. Germany was already in bad standing with Trump ...

Friedrich Merz, who won Germany’s election on February 23rd, has just transformed his country with a stroke of commendable boldness. On March 4th Mr Merz revealed plans for two changes to the ...

Mr. Merz’s tougher stance on immigration has been seen as an attempt to gain some section of right-wing voters, especially in east Germany. In light of a knife attack carried out by an Afghan ...

The agreement between Friedrich Merz, the likely next chancellor ... a first step toward an assertive early agenda for Mr. Merz that breaks with his more fiscally conservative campaign promises ...

Hours after his election victory last Sunday, Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s ... interventions in the German election campaign by Mr. Elon Musk … the interventions from Washington ...

The early signs are unexpectedly promising. The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats at home ...

Friedrich Merz, the incoming German chancellor ... and an end to strict borrowing limits on defence spending. Mr Merz said: “I want to make it very clear: in view of the threats to our freedom ...

The depth of the crunch underlines the scale of the challenge facing Friedrich Merz ... nation’s economy and its defence capabilities. Mr Merz hopes to shake the country out of its economic ...