The 55-year-old is the candidate of the environmentalist Greens. He's also Germany's current vice chancellor and the economy and climate minister, with responsibility for energy issues. As co ...

Friedrich Merz, chancellor candidate of Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU ... "The party would not survive in its current state if it pursued a coalition arrangement with AFD at this point." ...

RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP Contrary to all appearances, Friedrich Merz is not yet Germany's chancellor. The president of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the party that came out on top in ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his cabinet were ... and the Bundestag adopted its rules of procedure. The term of the current federal government concludes with the constitution of the new ...

Germany’s acting Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday sharply criticized the Trump administration for “denying and ignoring” the facts about climate change, ignoring how it is one of the most ...

Then German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) speaks at a press conference at the CDU headquarters. Michael Kappeler/dpa 32,789 people played the daily Crossword ...

BERLIN — Germany's likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, questioned on Sunday whether NATO would remain in its "current form" by June in light of comments by President Donald Trump's ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz ... describing it as “one of the more structural root causes of the current stagnation” and comparing it to trying to accelerate a car with the ...

BERLIN — Germany's would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz ... which also helped Berlin meet the current NATO target of spending 2% of GDP on defense. But that pot will be used up in 2027 ...

BERLIN — (AP) — Four candidates are bidding to be Germany's next leader in Sunday's election. The would-be chancellors are the incumbent, the opposition leader, the current vice chancellor and ...