The summit follows a fortnight of frantic shuttle diplomacy between Washington, London and Paris by Europe’s most senior ...

Friedrich Merz’s Conservatives win as far right party makes big gains - Likely new chancellor has ruled out coalition with AfD ...

Chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz wants to expand investment in defence and infrastructure. The race to re-arm could be a much-needed boost for manufacturing ...

Outspoken Rheinmetall chief whose rising profile has come at personal risk sees transatlantic strains as ‘good for business’ ...

SPD co-chair Lars Klingbeil fronted the media alongside outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz after the party's disappointing result on SundayImage: Ronny Hartmann/AFP/Getty Images Merz refused to ...

Germany's DAX stock index .GDAXI rose 0.73% in early trading ... views” on foreign policy and security policy. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s SPD came in fifth with 15.1%, suffering their worst ...

EU leaders have endorsed new defence funding initiatives including €150bn of new loans backed by the region’s shared budget and a relaxation of the bloc’s rules governing debts and deficits to allow ...

Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images Protestors across the nation gathered ... Musk even drew the ire of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who gave a rather dismissive take on Musk's scrutiny on German ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Opposition Leader Friedrich Merz faced off in a final debate on German television on Wednesday ahead of elections next Sunday. During the debate the candidates ...

Germany's national elections saw Olaf Scholz's SPD defeated, with Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU alliance winning over 28% of the vote. The far-right AfD surged to second place with 20%, while coalition ...

Germany's outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz will travel to London on Sunday to participate in a meeting of European Union leaders to discuss their response to Donald Trump's push for peace in Ukraine, a ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz talks with SPD co-leader Lars Klingbeil next to his wife Britta Ernst Credit: JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images Friedrich Merz (R), leader of Germany’s ...