Macron proposed opening a "strategic debate" to extend France’s nuclear arsenal to European allies, echoing the historic call from Germany’s likely future chancellor, Friedrich Merz.

In a televised address, President Emmanuel Macron warned that Europe needed to deal with a retreating America and a bellicose ...

The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left ...

PARIS — France is warming up to the possibility of seizing Russian frozen assets to help Ukraine, said an official with ...

Ahead of a summit later this week, some European leaders are sounding out plans to secure an eventual ceasefire in Ukraine. DW looks at which nations are ready to play a role and which aren't.

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

The victory of the Christian Democratic leader in the February 23 German parliamentary elections was met with relief by ...

To immediately free up budgetary leeway to finance his country's rearmament, the incoming chancellor plans to vote in a ...

Germany's presumptive next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, described his three-hour meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron ...

After securing the largest share in the German election, Conservative party leader Friedrich Merz has met French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. They discussed European security in the face of a ...

The European Union is getting good at adapting to unprecedented circumstances. Over the last five years, the 27 member ...

French President Emmanuel Macron and Germany's conservative chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz agreed during a meeting in ...