BERLIN — The sturdiest pillars of Germany’s domestic and international identity have been pulverized with such dizzying speed ...

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

The incoming chancellor’s coalition compromises leave a lot of space for the AfD.

As Friedrich Merz becomes German chancellor, Emmanuel Macron may finally have found the partner he needs for France and ...

Germany's Merz to form government after SPD backs coalition deal with conservatives Germany's coalition government has ...

Germany’s center-left Social Democrats have approved a deal to join a new coalition government, paving the way for parliament to elect conservative leader Friedrich Merz as the country’s new ...

Delegates at the EPP congress believe Germany's Christian Democrats and their incoming chancellor will take charge of the ...

With Johann Wadephul, the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) will once again field the German foreign minister. It will be the first time in almost 60 years. The 62-year-old from northern ...

The future German Chancellor Friedrich Merz does not have a good solution for Ukraine. This was stated by DW* columnist Dirk ...

Germany will get a new Chancellor in CDU chief Friedrich Merz next week. Interestingly, Merz’s minority government has a coalition deal with his rival and former Chancellor, Olaf Scholz’s SPD. Social ...