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 ...

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 ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz strongly condemned a Russian attack in northeastern Ukraine that killed more ...

Germany is willing to send Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine, the country’s chancellor-in-waiting has said, as he stressed the need to put Kyiv on the front foot and force concessions from Russian ...

Friedrich Merz, who won the February 23 national election, has seen his poll ratings slide following the coalition agreement ...

Germany's chancellor-designate Friedrich Merz faces scrutiny over potential deviations from coalition promises with the ...

The center-right CDU/CSU bloc and the center-left SPD have presented a coalition deal to form a new government. CDU leader ...

The foreign aid budget - which has been a huge source of pride for officials in the European country - could be slashed amid ...

Germany's 146-page coalition deal lays out policy compromises in exacting details. But who runs which ministries remains a ...

As Merz prepares to assume the chancellorship, all eyes are on how his administration will navigate a rapidly shifting global ...

The agreement establishing a coalition government of the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD) underscores ...

Friedrich Merz, the incoming chancellor, persuaded lawmakers to let him spend more. Infrastructure will be the first order of ...