Triumphant CDU leader hits out at Washington and calls for stronger European security amid attempts to build government.

As the Trump administration ramps up its rhetoric against Ukraine and NATO, European countries are taking note — with ...

President Donald Trump hosted French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House on Monday to continue discussions about ...

Germany's mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the country's national election, ensuring that Ukraine has an ...

German voters are choosing their new government in an election dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of Europe’s biggest economy, pressure to curb migration and growing uncertainty over ...

After Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a plurality of seats in federal elections Sunday, party ...

Trump has horrified European allies with his attacks on Volodymyr Zelenskyy and what critics say is a soft take on Vladimir ...

Germans have given establishment parties one last chance. Right-wing populists wait on the sidelines. PARIS — The good news ...

Friedrich Merz said that Europe needed to “achieve independence from the U.S., step by step.” That won’t be easy, for Europe ...

Germany's likely next Chancellor Friedrich Merz questioned on Sunday whether NATO would remain in its "current form" by June ...

Mr Merz is tall, thin and a plainer speaker than ... On defence spending, mindful that even meeting the NATO floor of 2% of GDP will be tricky enough once a special fund expires in 2028, he ...

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz accused his main challenger in the upcoming election of “constant about turns,” while Friedrich Merz, the opposition leader and front-runner ...