Germany's outgoing Economy Minister Robert Habeck is set to switch his focus to foreign policy in opposition, his Green Party ...

The former Goldman Sachs banker on the impact of US tariffs, and his role in structuring Friedrich Merz’s €1tn spending plan ...

“This really is democracy’s last bullet,” said CSU leader Markus Söder. While he was referring to the threat from the far ...

The issue of supplying Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine is causing disputes within the coalition of parties working to form ...

Daniela Schwarzer asks whether the incoming coalition government can meet the four key challenges facing the country.

Europe stands at a crucial juncture in its history. Few articulate this better than Germany’s Friedrich Merz. Europe must not only become stronger and ...

The substance of the coalition deal, signed less than a week ago, has become a bone of contention — before the government has ...

A coalition deal between Germany’s center-left Social Democrats and Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz’s conservatives has yet to be signed, but rifts between the parties are already appearing.

Germany's conservative CDU party and its social-democrat counterpart agreed on a coalition deal, but how does it look at home and in Brussels? #RadioSchuman ...

Friedrich Merz speaks during a press conference on planned major investments, in Berlin, on March 4, 2025, following exploratory talks between the conservative CDU/CSU and the social democratic SPD ...

Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU), the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) last week struck ...

The German parliament plans to meet on May 6 to elect Friedrich Merz as the country’s next leader, if all the parties in his ...