He will turn 70 next November, yet he has never before held govern­ment office of any kind. Now Friedrich Merz leads the EU’s ...

President Trump’s hostility toward Europe is shaking Germany, which is home to some of the largest U.S. military ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative German party CDU is set to be elected chancellor on May 6, party sources said on ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative German party CDU is set to be elected chancellor on May 6, party sources said on ...

On the ARD talk show "Caren Miosga", the host welcomes CDU chairman and designated Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Sunday. What ...

The foreign aid budget - which has been a huge source of pride for officials in the European country - could be slashed amid ...

As Merz prepares to assume the chancellorship, all eyes are on how his administration will navigate a rapidly shifting global ...

The center-right CDU/CSU bloc and the center-left SPD have presented a coalition deal to form a new government. CDU leader ...

Germany's conservative and center-left parties are eager to reach a coalition deal, given the many uncertainties abroad. One ...

In Stuttgart, the Black Zero statue was created by the state finance ministry of Baden-Württemberg in 2014 to celebrate the fact that it had reached a balanced budget several times in the previous ...

Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is set to take the foreign and economy ministries, while the SPD will ...

Germany's 146-page coalition deal lays out policy compromises in exacting details. But who runs which ministries remains a decisive question.