The agreement was concluded relatively quickly but still took about six and half weeks, during which the country had been ...

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz clinched a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday, ...

The U.S. president’s tariffs and stance on Ukraine compelled the incoming chancellor to quickly form a stable government ...

Germany's conservative chancellor-in-waiting has cast doubt on some of the commitments he had made to secure a coalition with ...

Germany is willing to send Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine, the country’s chancellor-in-waiting has said, as he stressed the need to put Kyiv on the front foot and force concessions from Russian ...

Friedrich Merz and his conservative Christian Democratic Union must now persuade Germans that he can fix the economy and get ...

The deal follows weeks of negotiations as Europe faces uncertainty over sweeping tariffs imposed by the United States.

German lawmakers have voted to allow a huge increase in defence and infrastructure spending - a seismic shift for the country ...

During Canada’s last federal election, roughly equal numbers of young men and women voted Conservative. Since then, young ...

Two and a half months after Germany's parliamentary election, conservative leader Friedrich Merz is due to be elected as the ...

Germany’s incoming chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said that his government will turn away asylum seekers at its land borders and promised a “repatriation offensive” against illegal immigrants.

"Germany is back on track," he added. Following the February election victory of his CDU/CSU alliance, Merz has struck a deal to forge a new government with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD ...