Merz, whose closest allies are mostly men, refused to adopt Heil’s request. The 69-year-old said he regretted the low number ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz and other CDU and SPD leaders take part in a press conference following the exploratory coalition ...

A close ally of Germany’s incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz warns that U.S. policy on Ukraine is drifting dangerously.

The parties seeking to build a new coalition government under Friedrich Merz are making slow progress in their negotiations.

Despite suffering their worst electoral humiliation since the 1890s, Germany’s Social Democrat party (SPD) is displaying a ...

Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under growing pressure to win conservative policy concessions as coalition talks hit ...

His conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and their Bavarian allies, the Christian Social Union (CSU), have long seen ...

The center-right and center-left parties have ended their first round of talks on time. Despite news of "good progress," ...

Working groups for Germany's election-winning conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats will submit findings on a ...

German lawmakers have reached an agreement to exempt some defense spending from the nation’s tight rules on running up debt.

Friedrich Merz's debt-funded investment package is still facing unknowns, that could sink the legislation and doom his ...

But voter reaction to Merz's decision will surface in the polls in the coming weeks, Wolf said. "It is quite likely that this will cost the (CDU/CSU) and Friedrich Merz support." Already ...