Mr. Merz led his party to victory in February’s elections by promising to curb migration, to revitalize the economy and to ...

Days after Germany secured a deal to extend the life of its beloved diesel and petrol cars, Merz was confident Berlin would ...

Breaking from his dithering predecessors Scholz and Merkel, Merz is playing an unusually active role as the defender of ...

At a little after 9pm on Thursday, the EU’s 27 leaders were presented with an updated version of a proposal, championed by Germany, to use Russia’s frozen assets for a €90bn loan to Ukraine. But the ...

The chancellor had previously said it was possible to foresee German soldiers helping maintain a peace agreement ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that German troops could participate in a coalition to secure a demilitarized zone in Ukraine ...

Trust in conservative leader Merz fell to 32% in December—down 6 percentage points from 38% when the government formed in May ...

Russia has yet to ‍agree to the ⁠ceasefire that both the U.S. and Europe have said would be a prerequisite for any security ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has again urged fellow EU leaders to agree to use Russian state assets frozen in the bloc to ...

EADaily, December 17th, 2025. As a result of the recent negotiations in Berlin on the settlement of the Russian-Ukrainian ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin's reaction to the proposal to establish a ceasefire ...

With Brussels powerbroker Weber as a close ally, Merz has used the EPP’s dominant position across the European Commission, ...