Presumptive next Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed to modernize Europe's largest economy. He also said Germany would play a ...

Despite Donald Trump’s lurch into protectionism and coercion, Friedrich Merz believes a transatlantic trade deal can still be ...

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 ...

World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader, ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany's next chancellor. Friedrich Merz, chairman of the conservative Christian Democratic ...

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

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

There’s a German saying: “Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm.” (Or: The early bird catches the worm.) It underscores the ...

Two and a half months after Germany's parliamentary election, conservative leader Friedrich Merz is due to be elected as the ...

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

The chancellor-in-waiting's conservatives have reached a coalition agreement with Germany's Social Democrats, five months ...

Germany's would-be chancellor, Friedrich Merz, sought to regain the political initiative on Monday, promising renewed focus ...