Germany’s foreign ministry hit back at U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio after he criticized the decision to classify the ...

Mr Merz’s prosperous upbringing in the Sauerland, a well-to-do, rural Catholic region in Germany’s west, and his early career ...

A coalition deal in Germany has paved the way for conservative leader Friedrich Merz to become the country's 10th chancellor ...

When German conservative leader Friedrich Merz takes power next week, he will quickly have to grapple with a tough question: ...

Germany ’s center-left Social Democrats have approved a deal to join a new coalition government, paving the way for ...

Germany's coalition government has cleared its final hurdle to power after the Social Democrats (SPD) voted in favour of the ...

SPD chief Lars Klingbeil steps into Germany’s most powerful ministry as his party joins a conservative-led coalition.

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany's next chancellor, but his unpopularity raises questions about his leadership amidst ...

The incoming chancellor’s coalition compromises leave a lot of space for the AfD. By Hans Kundnani On 9 April, the day that Friedrich Merz announced Germany’s new coalition agreement between the ...

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) has approved a coalition agreement with Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc in a ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and his CDU won Germany's election, yet his personal popularity is low — and getting ...