Germany's newly elected chancellor, Friedrich Merz, called for Berlin to transform its Bundeswehr into the "strongest ...

TOM KREBS is Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim, member of the German Minimum Wage Commission, and former ...

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BERLIN — Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in his bid to become ... They are joined by the center-left Social Democrats led by outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who lost the national election in ...