It is a smart idea. While one can argue about the details – and critics will doubtless point to Mr Merz’s previous role as ...

German voters head to the polls in a winter election next month, but likely will not have a new government until well into the spring.

After years in which Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been accused of treading lightly on European and world stages, ...

Donald Trump's return to the White House has darkened the mood in Germany a month before elections, as multiple crises shake ...

Tucking into beer and pretzels, the frontrunner to become Germany's next chancellor, conservative millionaire Friedrich Merz, ...

The U.N. chief ratcheted up his warning about climate change and said the world’s thirst for fossil fuels is a “Frankenstein monster” that spares no one, while calling for gr ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - UniCredit chief Andrea Orcel wants to discuss a planned takeover of Commerzbank with the new German ...

Chris Bryant is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering industrial companies in Europe. Previously, he was a reporter for the Financial Times.

Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, frontrunner in polls to become the next chancellor, on Tuesday urged a united European stance in talks with US President Donald Trump.

Friedrich Merz, the leading candidate for the chancellery in Germany's upcoming election, said a leaked briefing by Germany's ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, tipped to become chancellor in next month's election, said on Tuesday U.S. President ...

Energy industry executives could consider Trump's vow to “drill, baby, drill.” Foreign leaders deciphered what he meant by ...