The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left ...

French President Emmanuel Macron and Germany's conservative chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz agreed during a meeting in ...

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

European Union leaders are holding emergency summit talks to beef up their own military defenses and make sure Ukraine will ...

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After his conservative bloc came out ahead in German legislative elections with almost 30 percent of the vote, Friedrich Merz ...

I want to make it very clear: in view of the threats to our freedom and peace on our continent, the following must now also ...

French President Emmanuel Macron will dine with Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz at the Elysee Palace in Paris ...

Chancellor-in-waiting may ask for shelter under UK and France’s nuclear umbrella as he calls for Europe to build up its ...

PARIS — France is warming up to the possibility of seizing Russian frozen assets to help Ukraine, said an official with ...

European Union leaders are holding emergency talks on ways to quickly increase their military budgets after the Trump ...