German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will meet with executives from major corporations on Monday at a so-called investment summit ...

German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said the government in Berlin stands by its commitment to a global minimum corporate tax, clarifying remarks by Chancellor Friedrich Merz that appeared to call ...

Back-channel contacts, direct diplomacy and a multibillion-dollar weapons deal helped align the U.S. and Europe on arming Ukraine.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has urged the European Union to suspend implementation of a global minimum corporate tax, ...

Berlin is relaxing its austerity rule for good reasons—such as security and long-term growth—while Washington appears to have abandoned all fiscal responsibility with Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.

After Trump’s 50-day threat to Russia, Germany has stunned the U.S. with a sharp warning. Chancellor Friedrich Merz called Trump’s planned 30% tariffs “a threat to Germany’s core economy.” In a bold ...

Merz defends border controls aimed at reducing irregular migration, not intended to undermine EU's border-free Schengen Area ...

German investor sentiment rose more than expected in the past month, a closely-watched survey showed Tuesday, as markets shrugged off tariff threats made by US President Donald Trump.

Ahead of the threatened tariffs, front-running of orders looks to have been particularly steep in the pharmaceutical sector. Factory output recorded a strong rebound in May in Ireland, where pharma ...

While the EU has held back from retaliating against the US in the months since Trump hit the bloc with tariffs, it has ...

Atlantic alliance.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has praised US President Donald Trump's plans to supply Ukraine with weapons "on a large ...