Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

Friedrich Merz heralds a new era for Germany, after the German elections revealed a majority of young voters are leaning ...

David Leonhardt—who until recently ran the New York Times’ flagship newsletter, “The Morning”—has been trying to understand ...