Conservative party leader Friedrich Merz is poised to become Germany's next chancellor. He's long been a transatlanticist, but has made clear he's no fan of US President Donald Trump.

Such talks often drag on for weeks if not months in Germany, but Merz is in a hurry to reach a deal with Europe's biggest economy facing economic malaise and an upheaval in relations with the U.S.

Germany’s 2025 election results mark a right-wing shift, reshaping European politics and US-EU relations. As CDU and AfD gain ...

France and Britain are unlikely to include European allies in their nuclear deterrence, analysts said after future German ...

Amid a growing divide between the United States and Europe, the continent has sharply accelerated its efforts to address ...

The hundreds of billions of euros figures kicking around are between one-third and four-fifths of the entire United States ...

Libertarians, progressives, and national conservatives who've been pining for a de-Americanization of European military ...

Trump vindicated the French president on self-reliant defense. But with Putin looming, the hard work starts now for Europe.

At the same time, the CDU leader pointed out that "articles 4 and 5 of the NATO Treaty concerning consultation and assistance ...

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started exploratory talks on a possible coalition government ...