Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, increasingly pitches himself as a pragmatist akin to Angela Merkel. But his mantra ...

There is a telling rumor in Berlin political circles. Upon his appointment as leader of Germany’s Christian Democrats (CDU) ...

Post-WWII Germany has long been wary of state power and unfettered spending − and that may stymie new chancellor’s plans.

Berlin/Gmund am Tegernsee – Die Minister der CDU / CSU stehen fest und die Bekanntgabe der neuen Posten brachte einige Überraschungen mit sich. So ist Wolfram Weimer neuer Kulturminister im Merz ...

Significantly, Merz began his speech by praising the pro-war and rearmament policies of his predecessor, Olaf Scholz (SPD).

Schauplatz des „deutschen Davos“ ist der Tegernsee. „Abseits des kalten politischen Berlins“, wie die Organisatorin sagt. Heimspiel für Friedrich Merz. Der Bald-Kanzler gastiert Mitte Mai ...

Englisch: Kann Friedrich Merz sprachlich international überzeugen? In Sachen Fremdsprache musste sich Merz bereits beweisen. Beim Weltwirtschaftsforum in Davos sollte der CDU-Chef bei einem Talk ...

Jim Tankersley Christopher F. Schuetze Melissa Eddy and Clay Risen Friedrich Merz won a second-chance vote to become Germany’s chancellor on Tuesday afternoon, rebounding from a morning defeat ...

Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected Chancellor of Germany on Tuesday after the second round of Bundestag voting, in which he was given 325 endorsements (thus ...

BERLIN, May 21 (Reuters) - Germany plans to allocate 1.5% of its economic output to infrastructure that has military uses, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday. Speaking at a construction ...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz won lawmakers' approval to become the next German chancellor on Tuesday in a second vote in parliament, hours after an unprecedented defeat in the first round.

Friedrich Merz accepted an invitation to a gathering of the French Foreign Legion in Corsica. At the last moment, the organizers asked him to arrive on the parade ground not by road or rail ...