German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has defended his actions during his visit to the White House in Washington this week. "When the cameras are rolling, I'm not going to start arguing with the US

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives are facing an unexpected challenge in their bid to wrest back power in a wealthy southwestern region from the Greens, the first in a series of state electoral tests for the German leader this year.

By James Mackenzie BERLIN, March 6 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces his first electoral test since taking office last May on Sunday, when voters go to the polls in the south-western state of Baden-Wuerttemberg,

China and Germany have pledged to deepen ties despite differences over Russia’s war in Ukraine. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz held talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday in Beijing.

Donald Trump Holds a Bilat with Friedrich Merz of Germany - March 3, 2026

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz ended his two-day visit to China on Thursday in the tech hub of Hangzhou, identifying "challenges that we must overcome together" after meeting President Xi Jinping and announcing an Airbus deal.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday firmly rejected threats from US President Donald Trump to cut economic ties with Spain. "I told him very clearly: You cannot conclude an isolated agreement