Merz, who just months ago responded to the administration’s hostile approach toward Europe by asserting that the continent needed to gain “independence” from the U.S., repeated to Trump that he needed ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed the country's support for Israel amid its conflict with Iran and called for a ...

Trump told German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that Russia and Ukraine were fighting like children in a park and might not want to be pulled apart yet.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has addressed parliament ahead of a NATO summit that he said would be historic. Merz promised that ...

Trump likened the war in Ukraine — which Russia invaded in early 2022 — to a fight between two young children who hated each other.

The incoming German chancellor campaigned as a debt hawk. Then a source told him about Trump’s plans for NATO.

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

Germany expects Türkiye to use its influence on Russia to persuade Putin to come to negotiating table, Chancellor Merz says ...

German leaders intend to ramp up defense spending and build the most powerful armed forces in Europe, but shadows of World ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made it clear in an interview with the Züddeutsche Zeitung newspaper published Friday, June 27, that he has no plans to talk on the phone with Russia's ruler Putin ...

President Trump's meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will take place amid a backdrop of tensions between the U.S. and Europe over trade and Ukraine.