When German conservative leader Friedrich Merz takes power next week, he will quickly have to grapple with a tough question: ...

A coalition deal in Germany has paved the way for conservative leader Friedrich Merz to become the country's 10th chancellor ...

Mr Merz’s prosperous upbringing in the Sauerland, a well-to-do, rural Catholic region in Germany’s west, and his early career ...

Germany's domestic intelligence service has classified the popular Alternative for Germany party as "extremist," allowing for ...

Germany ’s center-left Social Democrats have approved a deal to join a new coalition government, paving the way for ...

The incoming German government of Friedrich Merz said it will tighten and expand border controls in an effort to combat ...

Germany's coalition government has cleared its final hurdle to power after the Social Democrats (SPD) voted in favour of the ...

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) has approved a coalition agreement with Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc, paving ...

SPD chief Lars Klingbeil steps into Germany’s most powerful ministry as his party joins a conservative-led coalition.

German election winner Friedrich Merz’s party has approved an agreement to form a coalition government with a center-left ...

The parliament will meet May 6 to elect Merz, who will need a majority of all members of the lower house to be elected as ...