There’s a German saying: “Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm.” (Or: The early bird catches the worm.) It underscores the importance of timeliness and making the most of one’s opportunities. Friedrich Merz ...

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, ...

Germany is willing to send Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine, the country’s chancellor-in-waiting has said, as he ...

The Kremlin criticised Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Monday over comments suggesting Germany might send ...

Germany's likely incoming chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said Sunday that the country is open to supplying Ukraine with ...

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

German's center-right Christian Democratic Union and center-left Social Democrats have reached a deal to form a new German ...

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

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

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

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