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. Merz also said Germany needed to get Poland "at the table as fast as possible" and praised Meloni of the post-fascist Brothers of Italy party,

Germany's election frontrunner says Europeans are waiting for Germany to take the lead on dealing with the new American president.

After years in which Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been accused of treading lightly on European and world stages, conservative election front-runner Friedrich Merz has vowed a bold return to international affairs.

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

Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz ... led by far-right premier Giorgia Meloni.

Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, frontrunner in polls to ... led by far-right premier Giorgia Meloni. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos a day after Trump's ...

Friedrich Merz is the frontrunner in polls to become ... led by far-right premier Giorgia Meloni. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos a day after Trump’s inauguration, Merz recalled ...

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If the German political class generally pays limited attention to Austrian politics, its southern neighbor’s convulsed start to the year has forced them to ask what it means for Germany. After Chancellor Karl Nehammer from Austria’s center-right People’s Party (ÖVP) announced his resignation,

Germany's main opposition leader vowed on Thursday to impose immediate border controls if he becomes chancellor, as expected, after elections next month, a day after an Afghan asylum seeker was arrested for a deadly knife attack targeting children.