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 ...

There’s a German saying: “Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm.” (Or: The early bird catches the worm.) It underscores the ...

Presumptive next Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed to modernize Europe's largest economy. He also said Germany would play a ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become Germany's 10th post-World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career ...

German's center-right Christian Democratic Union and center-left Social Democrats have reached a deal to form a new German ...

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

Friedrich Merz, the incoming chancellor, persuaded lawmakers to let him spend more. Infrastructure will be the first order of ...

The chancellor-in-waiting's conservatives have reached a coalition agreement with Germany's Social Democrats, five months ...

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

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

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany's next chancellor. He has a checkered history in German politics — from challenging ...