Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks at the opening of the Rahmedetal bridge. The important A45 north-south axis in the ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivered a national address on New Year’s Eve that warned Europeans to take the future into their own hands without relying on the United States. In his first speech ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, making his New Year’s Eve address, said the change would force Europe to do more to defend itself. By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting from Berlin In his first ...

The new chancellor believes the world needs a stronger Germany. He is still navigating how to do it. The new chancellor believes the world needs a stronger Germany. He is still navigating how to do it ...

Carl August Merz, 86, of West Hartford, CT, passed away at home on December 6, 2025, after an illness. Carl was born on August 5, 1939, in Far Rockaway, NY, the son of the late Carl William Merz and ...

BERLIN, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Chancellor Friedrich Merz has invited Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to Germany to discuss deporting Syrian citizens with criminal records in Germany, the German leader ...

BERLIN — Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday rejected calls from some in his party to relax its refusal to deal with the far-right Alternative for Germany, declaring that the still-growing party has ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday implored Germans to either embrace uncomfortable reforms or watch their economy fade. “Our nation is in the midst of an important, perhaps decisive phase in ...

Germany is in an economic mess—terrible energy policies, a massive welfare system and a collapse in its work ethic. Chancellor Merz needs to look to the example of legendary economist Ludwig Erhard. A ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on the European Union to use $160 billion of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s benefit – particularly the continued supply of weapons – in a major policy ...