German's center-right Christian Democratic Union and center-left Social Democrats have reached a deal to form a new German ...

True to its Gaullist legacy, France has always been wary of becoming too dependent on the Western world’s great superpower.

Modern politics can be brutally unforgiving for incumbent politicians. Yet, for incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz, ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany's next chancellor. He has a checkered history in German politics — from challenging ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become Germany's 10th post-World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career ...

Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU), the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) last week struck ...

The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) bloc and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) enjoy ...

German election winner Friedrich Merz has sealed a deal to form a new government that aims to spur economic growth, ramp up ...

Germany's conservative Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz unveiled his party's coalition deal with the centre-left Social ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz strongly condemned a Russian attack in northeastern Ukraine that killed more ...

Friedrich Merz of the CDU is expected to become the next chancellor, replacing Olaf Scholz after Germany's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and center-left Social Democrats agreed to ...

After weeks of negotiations, the conservative CDU/CSU bloc and center-left SPD presented a coalition deal to form a new government. Talks took on a sense of urgency amid a host of global and domestic ...