One is President Trump, whose threats to abandon Europe ... Mr. Habeck was sitting fourth in the polls at the time. Mr. Merz ...

Friedrich Merz, who led the Christian Democratic Union to victory at the polls, referred to a strong Europe independent of ...

Friedrich Merz said that Europe needed to “achieve independence from the U.S., step by step.” That won’t be easy, for Europe or for the United States.

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union in Germany, wasted no time after his party's ...