Conservative party leader Friedrich Merz is poised to become Germany's next chancellor. He's long been a transatlanticist, but has made clear he's no fan of US President Donald Trump.

Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next head of government, is already trying to shape foreign policy. He is especially concerned about Germany's ailing relationships with France and Poland.

It’s not just in Britain that defence spending is top of the agenda. In Germany, too, the debate has turned to how the ...

Germany’s 2025 election results mark a right-wing shift, reshaping European politics and US-EU relations. As CDU and AfD gain ...

Friedrich Merz is in favor of boosting Europe’s military strength, standing against antisemites and by the Jewish state, and getting tougher on Iran.

Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics Podcast, Carl Cannon spoke with historian and Council on Foreign Relations fellow Liana Fix ...

Debate is building over just how deep the Trump administration’s antagonism runs, and whether the real goal is to destroy the ...

The hundreds of billions of euros figures kicking around are between one-third and four-fifths of the entire United States ...

U.K. native Timothy Garton Ash is one of the world's most influential historians. He discusses what Germany’s «shocking» ...

Christian Democrats won with their leader, Friedrich Merz, expected to be next chancellor of Germany. But the far right and ...

In Germany, center-right wins election German opposition leader Friedrich Merz is set to be the country’s next chancellor ...

Some German industries in the east of the country are already planning for the time when Russian gas returns to Europe ...