Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

Friedrich Merz, who is set to become the new German chancellor, has vowed to prioritise European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and Russia ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU conservative alliance has won ... "No [election] documents arrived at my place in London!" he said in a post on the platform X. "In the [Bundestag election], many Germans ...

Boris Johnson once said “London is to the billionaire as the jungles of Sumatra are to the orangutan,” as he hailed the ...

The Christian Democratic Union party is projected to win the election, but the far-right Alternative for Germany is set for its best result since World War II.

Friedrich Merz is on track to be the next chancellor though his country ... It’s election night at the German embassy in London: hot dogs, sheet cakes and cask beer, all decked out in the state rooms ...

Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz claimed victory in Germany’s national election on Sunday after exit polls showed his bloc in the lead. Mr Merz said he was aware of the dimension of ...

Opinion Subscribers only 'Friedrich Merz's rise to power in Germany is likely ... Joe Biden's lead rather than working with Paris and London to make Europe's voice heard. Asked whether the EU ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia ... on him on his X account @brendanmarkcole. Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's mainstream ...

European markets fell on Monday as traders reacted to the results of the German federal election. The pan-European Stoxx 600 ...