A man stands in front of the logo at the AfD party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, after the German national election. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) Friedrich Merz, left ...

The euro is up, European stocks and especially German defense names are up, and the recent rally in 10-year U.S. Treasuries ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the CDU party which won the German parliamentary elections despite the strong rise of the far right, has already stated that peace negotiations will not be possible ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has stated that he is ready to begin negotiations on nuclear deterrence in Europe in ...

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German lawmakers have reached an agreement to exempt some defense spending from the nation's tight rules on running up debt.

Germany's likely next chancellor on Thursday urged outgoing members of parliament to exempt some defense spending from the ...

Friedrich Merz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces its biggest economic and diplomatic crises in decades and Europe ...

Germany’s Merz says the CDU/CSU and SPD will submit a motion to the Bundestag lower house of parliament next week.

Italian banking giant UniCredit announced on Friday it had received approval from the European Central Bank (ECB) to increase ...

Mr. Hermsmeier is a journalist who writes about Germany’s politics and society. Friedrich Merz didn’t waste time. Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s ...