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

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 ...

Lawmakers from the incoming chancellor’s CDU party signal an end to the “firewall” that saw mainstream politicians refuse to ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after finalizing a deal ...

Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is set to take the foreign and economy ministries, while the SPD will ...

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

The Kremlin criticised Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Monday over comments suggesting Germany might send ...

Russia said Thursday it would treat Ukrainian strikes with German Taurus long-range missiles as "direct participation" in the conflict by Berlin, after Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz ...

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

Conservative and center-left parties will present a deal to form a new German government on Wednesday after weeks of ...

Germany's likely incoming chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said Sunday that the country is open to supplying Ukraine with ...

Germany's would-be chancellor, Friedrich Merz, sought to regain the political initiative on Monday, promising renewed focus ...