Born in 1955 in the west German town of Brilon, Merz studied law and was first elected to the Bundestag in 1994. After ...

BERLIN—There is one thing Friedrich Merz’s friends and foes agree on: The man is impatient. So impatient that he occasionally ...

Now, Germany faces a vote of confidence in Scholz's government in December and snap elections early next year. Bundestag ...

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France has bestowed its highest national honour of merit on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur) was conferred on ...

After being against a reform of Germany's controversial 'debt brake', which limits government borrowing, for years, ...

The hourlong call centered on what German officials said was a push to end the war in Ukraine. It was the first in two years ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin in what appeared to be the first conversation ...

Olaf Scholz, Germany's least popular chancellor on record, is facing growing calls within his Social Democrats (SPD) to step ...

Germany's conservative opposition leader and possible next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said further discussions on policy ...