Such talks often drag on for weeks if not months in Germany, but Merz is in a hurry to reach a deal with Europe's biggest economy facing economic malaise and an upheaval in relations with the U.S.

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democrats, has ruled out a coalition with the far-right Alternative for Germany ...

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started ...

Incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz is an unlikely candidate to lead a decisive break with the US. But an erstwhile ...

Friedrich Merz aims to swiftly form government after his conservative bloc's February 23 election win. SPD leader Lars ...

Germany's conservative CDU/CSU bloc and the Social Democrats plan to start exploratory talks this week on forming a governing ...

A comeback for the right and a surge in support for the far right: these are the main takeaways from the 23 February federal ...

If he wants an effective governing majority, Chancellor Friedrich Merz must invite the AfD into the government.

Germany's conservative chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Wednesday drew a chorus of criticism, including from his ...

Twenty-one lawmakers with Balkan roots have been elected to the new Bundestag – most of them with Turkish roots and ...

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) came second in Germany’s parliamentary election on 23 February, with 21% of the vote and ...

At the start of the Cold War, in 1952, a book came out in the USA and Britain entitled The Russian Menace to Europe. The ...