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

In one casual sentence, Friedrich Merz upended Germany’s economic policy. Addressing the debt brake, a strict legal limit on ...

A win would give Friedrich Merz the daunting task of rebuilding a German economy that hasn’t grown since 2019—and establish ...

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

Adored Australian actor Cate Blanchett, starring in an offbeat comedy about G7 global leaders, has got a lot to say about the way of the world – and always putting family first. Call her a chameleon ...

For Chancellor-hopeful Friedrich Merz, the keys to unlocking a new era of prosperity lie in revisiting the policies that ...

Germany has ways to Trump-proof itself and can afford to spend, even though the economy is in shallow recession ...

"Many traders have taken these insecurities into account and stockpiled orders to keep their warehouses filled in advance", said HHLA’s CEO Angela Titzratz.

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 ...