March 3 - Politico (Victor Goury-Laffont): "French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot voiced his ... Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz… agreed with the rival Social Democrats (SPD ...

Andrea Wolf of pollster Forschungsgruppe Wahlen told Reuters. But voter reaction to Merz's decision will surface in the polls in the coming weeks, Wolf said. "It is quite likely that this will ...

Friedrich Merz has positioned himself as a China critic in the past, finding fault with Chancellors Olaf Scholz and previously Angela Merkel for not taking a strong stance towards Beijing. Middle ...

It has been translated into 34 different languages. Jean-Baptiste Andrea, 53, is a French novelist, film director, and screenwriter. He grew up in Cannes, where he started making short films. He later ...

Germany’s Friedrich Merz, poised to be his country’s next chancellor, said he thinks the explosive exchange between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump on Friday ...

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 ...

German centre-right leader Friedrich Merz is not yet chancellor but, 10 days after his party’s election victory, he has vowed to spend “whatever it takes” to shore up Germany’s defence and ...

Would-be chancellor trying to draft a government plan Needs to reach consensus with CSU and SPD parties With Germany in economic crisis, Merz wants cuts BERLIN, March 28 (Reuters) - Germany's ...

The early signs are unexpectedly promising. The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats at home ...

Merz, whose conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) emerged the biggest in February’s legislative elections, wants in particular to relax the strict limits imposed by the “debt brake ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Sunday said he would like talks with France and Britain about sharing their nuclear weapons, but not as a substitute for US nuclear protection of Europe.