the first chancellor of the new Federal Republic of Germany, who took office in 1949 at the age of 73. Scholz and Merz are both trained lawyers — but the resemblance ends there. The tall CDU ...

Under pressure from Trump and with Russia menacing, Germany's incoming leader plans to revamp the country's defense posture.

Even though negotiations to form a coalition have not yet begun, the head of the Christian Democratic Union party, which came ...

On March 23, the Reichstag delegates met across the street from the burned ruins of the Reichstag in the Kroll Opera House.

Friedrich Merz, almost assured to be Germany’s next chancellor, is ignoring conventional wisdom when it comes to relations ...

Germany's outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz called a ceasefire on attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure agreed by U.S.

While many of German allies have welcomed Berlin’s focus on rebuilding its military, especially in the wake of the change of ...

Germany's would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers' approval to loosen strict debt rules for higher defense ...

Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the ...

The unprecedented fiscal package — dubbed "XXL-sized" and a cash "bazooka" by German media — could pave the way for more than ...