German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has reaffirmed Germany's determination to take a leading role in European defence amid the ...

The United States is selling weapons to its NATO allies in Europe so they can provide them to Ukraine as it struggles to fend ...

President Trump announces arrangement where NATO pays for US weapons sent to Ukraine, as Russian strikes intensify across ...

Conservative leader tells federal states geopolitical tensions are rising, relations with US are changing, and Germany must ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday France and Germany should stick to prior agreements on the configuration ...

Germany's chancellor-in-waiting and leader of the Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) Friedrich Merz speaks during an extraordinary meeting of the German Bundestag to discuss a €500-billion ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (right) said the U.S administration is open to discussion and returned confident that Washington remains committed to NATO, after meeting with President Trump.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has addressed parliament ahead of a NATO summit that he said would be historic. Merz promised that Germany would do its fair share as part of the alliance to counter the ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has traveled to NATO partner Lithuania to inaugurate a German brigade meant to protect the alliance’s eastern flank in the face of mounting worries about Russia ...

Germany's incoming chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said an "absolute priority" for him will be to "achieve independence" for Europe from the U.S., in a major policy shift amid concerns for NATO.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz traveled to Brussels for talks with top EU and NATO leaders on his second foreign trip since taking office. The conservative leader met NATO head Mark Rutte as ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz holds a speech at a formal inauguration of a German brigade for NATO's eastern flank in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, May 22, 2025.