The budget debate in the Bundestag was a repulsive spectacle, demonstrating the ruthlessness with which the Social Democrats and Christian Democrats are implementing a reckless programme of rearmament ...

Leonid Slutsky slammed the German chancellor’s actions as a "dead-end policy leading only to a global confrontation" ...

MOSCOW, July 11. /TASS/. It’s become clear that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz seeks confrontation with Moscow and wants to aggressively mobilize Europe, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s €46 billion ($53 billion) package of tax breaks was approved by German upper-house lawmakers, the ...

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

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

Has Trump killed DEI? Davos might have the answer The World Economic Forum summit, where the liberal cosmopolitan elite gathers to network and self-congratulate, will be an early litmus test for ...

View Friedrich Merz’s Fast Facts on CNN and learn about the chancellor of Germany.

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life Friedrich Merz, chancellor of Germany. Personal Birth date: November 11, 1955 Birth place: Brilon, Germany Birth name: Joachim ...

Merz's office said the new German leader, who took the helm of Europe's biggest economy on May 6, will meet Trump on Thursday — the first in-person meeting between the two.

Friedrich Merz, Germany’s new chancellor, is the worst possible man for the job. Throughout his career, he has held a dogged commitment to a neoliberal ideology that has destroyed Europe’s social ...