Significantly, Merz began his speech by praising the pro-war and rearmament policies of his predecessor, Olaf Scholz (SPD).

Germany, France, the U.K. and Poland outmaneuvered the Kremlin by persuading Ukraine’s Zelensky to accept Trump’s cease-fire ...

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will be traveling to Rome to meet with Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni. German ...

The European Union is working on a new package of sanctions to increase pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin over the ...

A media report suggesting the German government has downgraded the importance of diplomacy with Italy has caused a stir in ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has urged his European partners to do everything they can to maintain good relations with ...

European leaders agreed on Friday to press ahead with joint action against Russia over the failure to agree to a ceasefire in ...

Delegations from Russia and Ukraine are set to meet for peace talks in Turkey on Friday. But, Presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, nor US President Donald Trump, will be there following ...

Friedrich Merz told German newspaper Die Zeit that “Nord Stream 2 currently has no operating licence, and that is not expected to change.” ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, along with the leaders of France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Polish prime ...

Chancellor Merz welcomes 1st direct talks between Ukrainian, Russian delegations in over 3 years, calls for increased ...

And yet Germany’s leaders have struggled to come to grips with the full dimensions of the crisis. The prior government, a three-party coalition helmed by the center-left Social Democratic Party of ...