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 ...

Germany’s Friedrich Merz, poised to be his country’s next chancellor, said he thinks the explosive exchange between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump on Friday ...

Germany's Greens party on Monday declared its opposition to Friedrich Merz's planned constitutional changes to massively boost defence and infrastructure spending, putting the proposal's future in ...

The early signs are unexpectedly promising. The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats at home, a ...

Chancellor-in waiting seeks to finalise coalition talks with Social Democrats by April 20 Coalition aims to revitalise economy with unprecedented large state borrowing programme Merz wants strict ...

Preliminary coalition talks end successfully Parties hope to form coalition Merz promises tougher rules on immigration Targets 1-2% growth after 2 years of contraction Parties also plan to ramp up ...

Das Problem: Friedrich Merz has yet to begin his tenure as chancellor, but he’s already in a bit of a pickle. The anti-Merkel: The conservative leader and incoming chancellor campaigned on a vow to ...

BERLIN — For Friedrich Merz, the hard part begins now. The incoming conservative chancellor began coalition talks with the Social Democrats by giving them exactly what center-left parties have always ...

BERLIN: German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) concluded preliminary talks on forming a coalition government on Saturday (Mar 8), promising to get ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing that is set to super-charge the country’s military spending. The ...

The co-leaders of the Green Party of Germany - Felix Banaszak and Franziska Brantner, left - join the party's parliamentary group co-leaders Britta Hasselmann and Katharina Droege (right) to give ...

Friedrich Merz, poised to become Germany’s next chancellor, is charting an unexpected course in relations with President Trump’s administration. Unlike other European leaders rushing to curry ...