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 ...

Germany's next ruling coalition is eyeing huge investments in the country's aging infrastructure. Deutsche Bahn, the ...

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

Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP Future German Chancellor Friedrich Merz supports Ukraine joining the EU and NATO, but only after the end ...

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

Outgoing chancellor Olaf Scholz had ruled out sending them to Kyiv, but Merz said on Sunday he was open to the idea provided ...

The substance of the coalition deal, signed less than a week ago, has become a bone of contention — before the government has ...

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

Germany's outgoing Economy Minister Robert Habeck is set to switch his focus to foreign policy in opposition, his Green Party ...

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD ... Chancellor-designate Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) will vote on the agreement at a small party conference on April 28, with approval ...

Friedrich Merz, Christian Democratic Union party chairman ... for a new German government at a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Credit: AP/Ebrahim Noroozi Party ...

Christian Democratic Union party chairman, addresses the media after reaching an agreement between their parties on a coalition for a new German government at a news conference in Berlin, Germany ...