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 yet to be signed, but rifts between the parties are already appearing.

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 ...

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

The coalition negotiations between the social democratic SPD and conservative right CDU/CSU are going surprisingly smoothly, ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become Germany's 10th post-World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader, Angela Merkel ...

Investment in infrastructure and military isn’t straightforward in a country that often struggles to get things done.

Merz made his first key move on March 18 in the Bundestag, followed by a second on March 21 in the Bundesrat. Both moves ...

Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. As Friedrich Merz moves closer to power, the women in his Christian Democratic Union fear they will be kept ...

The case for European equities You may remember Mario Draghi’s “whatever it takes ... Using similar language, Germany’s new chancellor Friedrich Merz promised to do “whatever it takes ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz and other CDU and SPD leaders take part in a press conference following the exploratory coalition talks, Berlin, Germany, March 8, 2025 (DPA photo by Michael Kappeler AP ...