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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany's next chancellor. He has a checkered history in German politics — from challenging ...

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

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

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

The deal follows weeks of negotiations as Europe faces uncertainty over sweeping tariffs imposed by the United States.

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