The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is ...

Merz's conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats – in talks to form a coalition after February's general election – ...

The opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party may deprive the future "big" coalition led by the likely Chancellor ...

Even though negotiations to form a coalition have not yet begun, the head of the Christian Democratic Union party, which came ...

While Merz is already setting the scene for his chancellery with an unprecedented, debt-funded investment announcement, ...

Friedrich Merz wants to end Germany’s deadlock on EU policy, but his solution may not be to everyone’s liking.

German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and Social Democrats have completed preliminary coalition talks. They ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union ... co-leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), German ...

For some, it was a case of Merz’s strategic sense not matching the acute tactical skills that enabled him to repeatedly pin ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) have concluded ...

Forget the back-slapping pol ready to banter about the Bundesliga; Friedrich Merz is a former corporate lawyer who wrote a ...