Merz launched his political comeback after Merkel stepped down as CDU leader in 2018 and announced that she wouldn't seek a ...

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

Hildegard Müller, one of Merkel’s former lieutenants and currently the head of Germany’s powerful auto lobby, is pushing for European and U.S. trade negotiators not to spark “a spiral of protectionism ...

Germany faces the conundrum of choosing ministers for its next government without flouting equality sensitivities: the main ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become Germany's 10th post-World War II ... a trained lawyer who saw his ascent derailed by former Chancellor Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and even turned ...

After weeks of negotiations, the conservative CDU/CSU bloc and center-left SPD presented a coalition deal to form a new government. Talks took on a sense of urgency amid a host of global and domestic ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has ... Merz laid out a vision of a Germany restored to its former strength and reliability. “The future government, the future coalition, will ...

Most leaders, including former US President Joe Biden and Germany's expected next chancellor Friedrich Merz normally stop in Warsaw on the way back from visits to Ukraine. Scholz however has ...

Merz’s two-party Union bloc emerged as the strongest force from Germany’s election on Feb ... a trained lawyer who saw his ascent derailed by former Chancellor Angela Merkel in the early ...