Germany faces a severe economic crisis with receding growth, high energy costs, and bureaucratic challenges. Experts predict ...

Significantly, Merz began his speech by praising the pro-war and rearmament policies of his predecessor, Olaf Scholz (SPD).

Yet, Merz still ... of the post-World War II German state. In the late 1960s, West German Chancellor-to-be Willy Brandt quipped that the federal republic had become an “economic giant but ...

Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, increasingly pitches himself as a pragmatist akin to Angela Merkel. But his mantra ...

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is in Rome and has met Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni. Meanwhile, the business-focused FDP party has a new leader after a poor election result. DW has more.

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has attended the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican. German Chancellor ...

In panel discussions, roundtables, and closed-door meetings, analysts exalted the virtues of the United States as an ...

Especially after the "Liberation Day" tariffs, Europe will have to look out for itself by improving its trade relations with ...

President Trump threatened to revive his global trade wars Friday morning, saying he would apply a steep tariff to European ...

Until last week, a secretive fleet of ships ferrying Russian oil around the world showed no clear links to the ...

Leo, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, was officially installed as the head of the Catholic Church at an outdoor Mass in St Peter’s Square with world ... Chancellor Friedrich Merz; and Spain ...