German Chancellor Merz has urged optimism and unity in a speech in front of the Bundestag. He stressed record defense spending as key to NATO ties, while clashing with the far right.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday France and Germany should stick to prior agreements on the configuration of the joint Franco-German fighter jet FCAS project, after a report ...

Germany’s Merz backs joint fighter jet project but says rift with France remains Merz’s comments come at a time of increased friction between Berlin and Paris over a program to build next-generation ...

BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed confidence on Wednesday that the European Union can close a trade deal with the United States in the coming days. “I am cautiously optimistic that ...

German Chancellor Merz insulted Javier Milei, sparking calls for an apology.

The multibillion-euro joint European next-generation fighter jet project has repeatedly faced tensions between French and German aerospace firms.

Germany's new government has been in office for two months. So far only Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Conservatives are making progress among voters, while the Social Democrats are struggling to ...

Jens Spahn, the powerful parliamentary leader of Merz's centre-right, faces a reckoning over Covid-era procurement calls that cost Germans billions.

Acorda Therapeutics has filed for bankruptcy protection, hoping to keep operating while it tries to arrange the sale of its main assets to a US subsidiary of Germany’s Merz.