The Latest Breaking News from Friedrich Merz

Voluntary model with incentives will instead aim to attract young people into forces in face of growing Russian threat

A hit Netflix documentary about Germany’s favourite rapper demonstrates how popular the aesthetics of migrant life are – just as politicians debate how to remove it from inner cities

Top European leadership is set to skip the EU-CELAC summit on Sunday marked by tensions between the United States and Colombia. Donald Trump is also pursuing an aggressive policy on Venezuela, with Nicolás Maduro in focus. Europeans cite low attendance to cancel summit participation.

The Tropical Forest Forever Facility seeks seeks to leverage investments into €108 billion that can be used to pay 74 developing countries for every hectare of forest they conserve.

If German steel production moves abroad, researchers warn this could result in a loss of up to €50 billion per year in value added.

Chancellor suggests deportations could begin ‘in the near future’ as government seeks to counter rise of AfD

The advocacy group, Human Rights Watch, had urged Merz to speak out against Turkey's crackdown on the opposition, including the arrest of Istanbul's mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for a deeper strategic partnership between Europe and Turkey

After a summit of EU leaders, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever complained he had not received answers to all his concerns about a groundbreaking plan to issue a €140 billion loan to Ukraine.

European leaders Tuesday threw their support behind President Donald Trump's peace push for Ukraine, while reaffirming their red lines, as the Kremlin cast doubt on chances of an imminent summit between the US leader and Vladimir Putin.

German chancellor is accused of taking a page from extremist parties with ‘dangerous’ rhetoric on immigration