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

Germany's would-be Chancellor Friedrich Merz identified on Friday migration, economic competitiveness and spending cuts as ...

Friedrich Merz is facing a critical moment in his bid to become German chancellor, as disgruntled fellow conservatives worry ...

Ron Prosor is first foreign ambassador invited to meeting of heads of German states; he says the far-right AfD party has ...

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

Friedrich Merz, poised to become Germany’s next chancellor, is charting an unexpected course in relations with President ...

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

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

Party leader Friedrich Merz is widely expected to become Germany’s next chancellor; Kiesewetter, a retired colonel and one of the CDU’s most experienced foreign and security policy experts, is viewed ...

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

Friedrich Merz promised to do things differently. Ahead of the country’s federal election last month, the likely next ...

Lawmakers have embraced plans unveiled by Friedrich Merz, soon to take the reins as Germany's new chancellor, for an enormous boost to the country's military budget, signaling a dramatic ...