German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the presumptive next chancellor, believes US President Donald Trump and his vice ...

Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next head of government, is already trying to shape foreign policy. He is especially ...

The victory of the Christian Democratic leader in the February 23 German parliamentary elections was met with relief by ...

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk discussed Russia's war in Ukraine and European security with Friedrich Merz, the German ...

Andrzej Duda makes pitch to be America's best friend in EU following comments by Fredrich Merz, in line to be Germany's next ...

Germany now faces a change of government, with conservative Christian Democratic Union party chief Friedrich Merz set to become the next chancellor. What's next for Germany's foreign and security ...

Exit polls suggest that Friedrich Merz, the candidate for the conservative Christian Democrats who has vowed to bring ...

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

The CDU has pledged to retain Germany's debt brake, a constitutional mechanism that caps the federal government's deficit to ...

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(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) FRIEDRICH MERZ: (Speaking German ... the rise of right-wing nationalist politics in Poland and creeping Chinese government influence inside the Czech Republic. A ...

Friedrich Merz, head of the conservative Christian Democrats ... to pursue better relations with France and Poland, and to take a tougher stance against China, which he has described as a full ...