The incoming German chancellor campaigned as a debt hawk. Then a source told him about Trump’s plans for NATO.

LONDON — Friedrich Merz will make his first visit to the U.K. as German chancellor on July 17 to sign a landmark treaty with ...

The authority of Germany's Constitutional Court has not been damaged by a government spat over who to appoint as future ...

Olaf Scholz reflected on his years in government as the Social Democratic Party congress bids farewell to the former ...

Four candidates are competing for the top chancellor job, incumbent Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Robert Habeck of the ...

The Russian Foreign Ministry has accused Germany of wanting to participate in Ukrainian attacks inside Russia's borders, just ...

Some 100 SDP signatories pose a stark challenge to the war fever whipped up by party leaders and Chancellor Friedrich Merz ...

After years of sputtering and frustration under Olaf Scholz, the Franco-German engine is humming again, and it has a new name: Merzcron.

He added that Scholz's successor and opponent in the last federal election, Friedrich Merz of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), considered Scholz's planned staffing appropriate.

More German leadership in Europe had been Merz's pitch since his opposition days, and he has repeatedly scoffed at his ...