The clasped hands of French and German leaders have long embodied the spirit of European unity. Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich ...

BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz plunged straight into international crises on his first full day as Germany’s new chancellor Wednesday, presenting a united front with France against U.S ...

Most immediately, it threw into doubt the trips Merz had planned to France and Poland on Wednesday as the new chancellor. Nine lawmakers abstained while 307 voted against Merz, said Bundestag ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he’ll launch a new push with France to try to break a deadlock on a decade-old European Union effort to deepen the bloc’s capital markets and improve ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday defended his administration's policy on border controls amid growing criticism ...

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced a reset in French-German relations to help Europe overcome the “enormous” security and economic challenges it faced during his first trip abroad ...

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And Merz’s Warsaw visit recognizes the bloc’s multipolarity — a fact, however belatedly, also accepted by France. According to his most senior advisers, one of Merz’s foreign policy aims is to ...

Friedrich Merz made his world-affairs debut Wednesday as Germany’s new chancellor, with plans to immediately team up with allies France and Poland to present a united European front on support ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for a renewed partnership with France to help Europe confront its “enormous” security and economic challenges.. At a joint news conference with ...

France argued for years that nuclear energy was carbon-free and therefore should benefit from EU subsidies on green energy. Berlin feared such an endorsement of nuclear power would make Germany’s ...

Germany's new chancellor Friedrich Merz signalled a new start in relations with European partners France and Poland, but there were signs of tough discussions ahead on thorny issues like illegal ...