Not so long ago, European corporate bosses were worried about missing out on the “Trump bump”. U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...

Forget the back-slapping pol ready to banter about the Bundesliga; Friedrich Merz is a former corporate lawyer who wrote a ...

But, although he will not become chancellor for some weeks, Friedrich Merz, who won Germany’s election on February 23rd, has ...

The likely next chancellor is unpopular, and his country’s economy has stalled. But his penchant for risks could help lead to ...

Friedrich Merz, who is on course to become post-World War ... my absolute priority now is really to create unity in Europe." ...

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions ...

American presidents since Kennedy have wanted Europe to shoulder more of the burden of its own security. But not until President Donald Trump has a U.S. leader succeeded in getting Europeans to want ...

The Christian Democrat, who appeared to have a path to a stable governing coalition, hopes to lead Europe’s response to President Trump’s reshuffling of alliances.

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's mainstream conservatives, has said that Europe must become independent from the ...