German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is optimistic that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's meeting on Monday at the White House will not go the way the last one did. An extraordinary, unprecedented ...

Aftermath of a Russian drone and missile strike in Zaporizhzhia BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday he was braced for the Ukraine war to last a long time given that wars ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz broke with the generally optimistic tone of European leaders during their meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump on Monday, ...

Friedrich Merz never enjoyed the honeymoon customary for a new head of government. When he stood for election to the chancellorship in the Bundestag on May 6th, he fell short of the required absolute ...