Berlin (AFP) – Germany's likely next leader Friedrich Merz said Thursday urgent action was needed to boost the country's under-resourced military and ailing economy, as he defended plans for a ...

BERLIN: German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) concluded preliminary talks on forming a coalition government on Saturday (Mar 8), promising to get ...

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 ...

Friedrich Merz said the astonishing White House confrontation on Friday made it almost inevitable that Germany would have to increase defence spending on its own military. He said he was hopeful ...

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 ...

Merz calls Trump-Zelenskyy spat at White House 'manufactured escalation' The CDU leader said Europe must be prepared to act independently. READ MORE : http://www ...

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 ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz, who is likely to be Germany's next chancellor, has labelled the response to Volodymyr Zelenskyy by Donald Trump and JD Vance as a "manufactured escalation". Members of ...

Mr. Merz’s tougher stance on immigration has been seen as an attempt to gain some section of right-wing voters, especially in east Germany. In light of a knife attack carried out by an Afghan ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Hours after his election victory last Sunday, Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s center-right Christian Democrats (CDU), said on national television t ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, CDU, speaks to media prior to a faction meeting of the Christian Union party's lawmaker at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany ...

Friedrich Merz, left, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, CDU, arrives for a faction meeting of the Christian Union party's lawmaker at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb.