The leader of Germany's largest opposition party, Friedrich Merz, has not ruled out talks with France and the UK on sharing ...

Frontrunner for chancellor expresses doubts over US Nato commitments, with the far-right AfD set for its best result ...

Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and in first place in opinion polls ahead of Sunday's ...

Germany’s likely next chancellor wants to reboot ties with France, do a free-trade deal with Donald Trump and get tougher on ...

As transatlantic security ties dwindle, Germany's likely next chancellor says he has "to talk to the British and French" on alternative arrangements.

While polling suggests Germany's far-right AfD party will fare well, it's very unlikely to be part of the next government of ...

The front-runner to be Germany's next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said that Europe cannot rely on US President Donald Trump ...

Friedrich Merz, whose conservative party is ahead in polls before Sunday’s election, sees an “epochal rupture” with a United ...

Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz on Wednesday called on voters to give him a strong mandate to ...

When Germans vote on Sunday, conservative Friedrich Merz is the strong favourite to become the next chancellor after a ...

Friedrich Merz is on the precipice of becoming Germany’s next chancellor. If successful, his conservatism and quest for new allies to secure Europe’s nuclear deterrent could create a “two-speed Europe ...

Germans will head to the polls on Sunday to choose their next chancellor. The man favored to clinch the election is Friedrich ...