Chancellor Friedrich Merz for the first time publicly advocated spending up to 5% of the German economy on defense.

Germany plans to allocate 1.5% of its economic output to infrastructure that has military uses, Chancellor Friedrich Merz ...

By Andreas Rinke and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday called for the ...

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Wednesday he will work to bring Europe and the U.S. together in their approach to ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz defended his government's new migration policy on Saturday, saying it remains in line with ...

Merz won in a second round of voting after failing to secure an absolute majority in an earlier round.

Post-WWII Germany has long been wary of state power and unfettered spending − and that may stymie new chancellor’s plans.

Now, another Western European NATO member has made a surprising announcement in favor of Trump’s 5 percent goal: Germany. The ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday urged the West not to be divided on Ukraine and said he was working to ensure ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that he sees no signs of a quick end to Russia’s war against Ukraine. Source: ...

Supporters of Mr. Merz, a former corporate lawyer, say he is well-prepared and thoughtful, but critics accuse him of failing ...

For all these reasons, we are rooting for the success of Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz. He is a 69-year-old lawyer who leads Germany’s center-right Christian Democrats, the only ...