Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and his CDU won Germany's election, yet his personal popularity is low — and getting lower. Most Germans don't trust him, not least because of his approach to the ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and his CDU won the German election — yet his personal popularity is low and getting ...

Despite Donald Trump’s lurch into protectionism and coercion, Friedrich Merz believes a transatlantic trade deal can still be done.

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

A coalition deal between Germany’s center-left Social Democrats and Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz’s conservatives has ...

Two and a half months after Germany's parliamentary election, conservative leader Friedrich Merz is due to be elected as the ...

Germany must accept fewer than 100,000 asylum seekers a year because its public services are “overwhelmed” by immigrants, the ...

Left for dead, the "Trump put" made a dramatic comeback. When markets again approach the precipice, everyone - or at least ...

BERLIN — The German parliament plans to meet on May 6 to elect Friedrich Merz as the country's next leader, if all the ...

Traders turned to drink last week as Donald Trump sparked financial crisis fears; Anthony Albanese lays Labor’s housing ...

Fink, chief executive of the giant asset manager BlackRock, reiterated his call ... This week, Germany’s expected next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, also announced the blueprint for his government ...