Chris Bryant is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering industrial companies in Europe. Previously, he was a reporter for the Financial Times.

The front-runner to become Germany's next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has expressed optimism about constructive European ...

Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, frontrunner in polls to become the next chancellor, on Tuesday urged a united European stance in talks with US President Donald Trump.

While leading German politicians fear the worst from Trump's second presidency, German parties are taking very different ...

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German opposition leader Friedrich Merz sees potential in collaborating with U.S. President Trump, advocating for a strong ...

Friedrich Merz, a top candidate for German chancellor, criticized a leaked briefing by Germany's U.S. ambassador that ...

Friedrich Merz, the leading candidate for the chancellery in Germany's upcoming election, said a leaked briefing by Germany's ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, tipped to become chancellor in next month's election, said on Tuesday U.S. President ...

Energy industry executives could consider Trump's vow to “drill, baby, drill.” Foreign leaders deciphered what he meant by ...

EU, German and Chinese leaders took turns defending global cooperation in Davos on Tuesday as the spectre of new trade wars ...

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen declared Tuesday that Europe was ready to negotiate with the United States and seek to improve ...