Germany will eventually have to spend more than 2% of economic output on defence but must first reform its procurement system to get more bang for its buck, opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who is ...

The chairman of the party and fraction of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Friedrich Merz, gives a press conference in ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz has demanded fundamental changes to migration policy and a dramatic increase in ...

Germany’s opposition leader has vowed to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up ...

The conservative leader wants to impose strict border controls after knife killings in Aschaffenburg this week.

Germany's main opposition leader demanded a sweeping overhaul of migration policy and permanent border controls on Thursday, ...

Friedrich Merz, the conservative front-runner in the race for Germany’s chancellorship, called for a radical overhaul of the ...

In Germany, the fatal knife attack by a 28-year-old Afghan in Aschaffenburg has once again triggered a debate on asylum. CDU ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy combed the corridors, meeting with leaders such as Israeli President Isaac Herzog and ...

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.