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

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

Germany's presumptive next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, described his three-hour meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron ...

US President Donald Trump Wednesday said that the European Union was formed to "screw" the United States as he threatened to ...

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

United States President Donald Trump has said he will impose a 25 percent tariff on imports from the European Union, claiming ...

Senior figures from Germany's conservatives and the Social Democrats will begin exploratory talks on forming a coalition ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration will soon announce a 25% tariff on imports from the ...

Merkel collaborated especially well with France’s Emmanuel Macron, a passionate fellow Europeanist, communicating a vision of a united Europe and its core values to the rest of the world. Dubbed “ ...

Compared to last October, when it became apparent that an election would be called, the vote for the CDU/CSU is down slightly vis a vis the polls, the AfD have not ...

To immediately free up budgetary leeway to finance his country's rearmament, the incoming chancellor plans to vote in a ...

Merz aims to shift Europe away from US dependence, but rising far-right pressure and geopolitical tensions could complicate ...