By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting from Berlin Even before presenting a plan on Wednesday for his government, Germany’s likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, persuaded Parliament to bypass ...

Friedrich Merz said the draft deal - with Germany's Social Democrats - aimed to create a strong government with courageous responses Germany's conservatives under Friedrich Merz have reached a ...

Germany's Equality Chessboard Creates Headache in Picking New Government's Ministers BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany faces the conundrum of choosing ministers for its next government without flouting ...

Conservative and center-left parties will present a deal to form a new German government on Wednesday after weeks of ...

after reaching an agreement between their parties on a coalition for a new German government at a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. [AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi] On ...

Merz said the deal is “a very strong and clear signal to the people of our country, and also a clear signal to our partners in the European Union: Germany is getting a government that is capable ...

Germany's Incoming Government Agrees to Get Tougher on Illegal Migration BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's future government of conservatives and centre-left Social Democrats on Wednesday agreed on ...

So distilled are its policy proposals that Markus Söder, head ... driven Germany into the economic mire in recent years. Perhaps its most ambitious pledge is a literal moon shot: the government ...

Germany's conservatives under Friedrich Merz have reached a deal with the Social Democrats to govern Europe's biggest economy, five months after the previous government collapsed. Merz ...