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Germany’s staid-seeming new chancellor has a mercurial streak
Mr Merz’s prosperous upbringing in the Sauerland, a well-to-do, rural Catholic region in Germany’s west, and his early career ...
Center-left party approves German coalition deal, paving the way for Merz to be elected chancellor
Germany ’s center-left Social Democrats have approved a deal to join a new coalition government, paving the way for ...
Lars Klingbeil to become Germany's vice chancellor and finance minister, Social Democratic Party says
The Social Democratic Party's Lars Klingbeil has been tapped to become Germany's next finance minister in the incoming ...
New German finance minister Klingbeil is champion of higher defence spending
Lars Klingbeil, Germany's next vice chancellor and finance minister, is an experienced Social Democrat lawmaker who has sat ...
The making of Germany's new government
German Chancellor-designate Friedrich Merz has started nominating the CDU and CSU Cabinet members for his coalition ...
Friedrich Merz's party approves German coalition agreement, bringing him closer to the chancellery
German election winner Friedrich Merz’s party has approved an agreement to form a coalition government with a center-left ...
Germany’s conservative parties nominate incoming government ministers: The merging of the financial oligarchy and state power
The nominations from the CDU and CSU show that the shift to the right that is taking place in the US under Donald Trump is ...
The Local - Germany1d
Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday
SPD to announce results of coalition pact poll, AfD politician's former employee charged with espionage, prosecuters end ...
Can Germany be the saviour of Europe?
Few in Germany will look back on Olaf Scholz’s time as chancellor with much fondness. But just as he prepares to leave office ...