There’s a German saying: “Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm.” (Or: The early bird catches the worm.) It underscores the ...

True to its Gaullist legacy, France has always been wary of becoming too dependent on the Western world’s great superpower.

The agreement was concluded relatively quickly but still took about six and half weeks, during which the country had been ...

World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader, ...

Modern politics can be brutally unforgiving for incumbent politicians. Yet, for incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz, ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany's next chancellor. He has a checkered history in German politics — from challenging ...

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz clinched a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday, ...

The German parliament plans to meet on May 6 to elect Friedrich Merz as the country’s next leader, if all the parties in his ...

Maria Zakharova warns that Friedrich Merz's leadership may signal a troubling return to Germany's controversial past.- Watch ...

The chancellor-in-waiting's conservatives have reached a coalition agreement with Germany's Social Democrats, five months ...

Friedrich Merz, the incoming chancellor, persuaded lawmakers to let him spend more. Infrastructure will be the first order of ...

The deal follows weeks of negotiations as Europe faces uncertainty over sweeping tariffs imposed by the United States.