Nach dem Wahlsieg der Union am 23. Februar hat Unions-Kanzlerkandidat Friedrich Merz sein Wahlversprechen, zu einer ...
German politics has delivered yet another masterclass in how to betray your voters while maintaining a straight face. This ...
Macron will be in Berlin to meet with the incumbent chancellor, Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat, to prepare the summit in ...
Mr Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats are in negotiations to form a government after February's election. Read ...
Forget the back-slapping pol ready to banter about the Bundesliga; Friedrich Merz is a former corporate lawyer who wrote a ...
Even though negotiations to form a coalition have not yet begun, the head of the Christian Democratic Union party, which came ...
But, although he will not become chancellor for some weeks, Friedrich Merz, who won Germany’s election on February 23rd, has ...
Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending, the Greens are standing in his way.
The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory.
Mr. Hermsmeier is a journalist who writes about Germany’s politics and society. Friedrich Merz didn’t waste time. Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s ...
The German chancellor-in-waiting said he would like talks with France and Britain about sharing weapons, but not as a ...
The selloff in Germany’s bonds spilled over to a second week as Chancellor-elect Friedrich Merz won crucial political backing ...