Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

Germany could approve a fund to boost defence spending before the outgoing parliament steps down next month, while leaving ...

Merz’s Conservative CDU emerged as the largest party in Sunday’s federal elections, winning 208 seats in the 630-seat German ...

Shares in Germany's Rheinmetall have soared 57% this year, while BAE Systems is up 17% and France's Thales has gained 22%.

OP-ED. The likely future German chancellor may be a hard-line conservative, but he could well be the man to transform the country and revitalize Europe, writes international relations specialist ...

The German electorate has backed conservative Friedrich Merz to lead Germany, and by extension Europe, during a decisive stress test in trans-Atlantic relations. Can he rise to expectations?

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Many world leaders, especially in Europe, have congratulated Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian ...

Friedrich Merz says ‘intervention’ from Washington ‘no less drastic, dramatic, and ultimately no less brazen, than the intervention that we have seen from Moscow’ ...

Despite significant gains for the far right, the election may just result in a German government able to take on a leadership role in Europe.

The man poised to be Germany’s next leader delivered a jolt this week when he warned that the demise of NATO in its current ...