The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left ...

Mr Merz revealed plans for two changes to the debt brake, a constitutional provision in place since 2009 that lets the ...

European Union leaders are holding emergency summit talks to beef up their own military defenses and make sure Ukraine will ...

European Union leaders are holding emergency talks on ways to quickly increase their military budgets after the Trump administration signaled that Europe must take care of its own security and also su ...

Several European leaders are urging their countries to change to a war footing as the United States’s support for Ukraine wanes. The diplomatic fallout from the Oval Office spat between ...

Macron, in an address to the nation, said he would open a debate on extending France’s nuclear deterrent to other European ...

Macron proposed opening a "strategic debate" to extend France’s nuclear arsenal to European allies, echoing the historic call from Germany’s likely future chancellor, Friedrich Merz.

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