Friedrich Merz and his conservative Christian Democratic Union must now persuade Germans that he can fix the economy and get ...

The agreement was concluded relatively quickly but still took about six and half weeks, during which the country had been ...

Merz launched his political comeback after Merkel stepped down as CDU leader in 2018 and announced that she wouldn't seek a ...

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz clinched a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday, ...

Germany's incoming coalition government is seeking a common position on how to deal with the far-right Alternative for ...

Germany's far-right AfD party topped a major poll for the first time on Wednesday in a sign of growing dissatisfaction with ...

Friedrich Merz faces fierce internal criticism and sees his conservative base threatens to break after agreements with the ...

Friedrich Merz, chairman of the conservative Christian Democratic ... However, Merz apparently saw his move as a gamble aimed at curbing the success of the anti-immigration AfD. Merz was often thought ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has unveiled a new coalition deal between the country’s two major centrist ...

The CDU’s Friedrich Merz is set to become chancellor once a governing coalition with the Social Democrats (SPD) gets to work next month. CDU heavyweight Jens Spahn, a former health minister, told Bild ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has pledged to strengthen Germany's role on the European and world stage at a time US ...