Mr Merz’s prosperous upbringing in the Sauerland, a well-to-do, rural Catholic region in Germany’s west, and his early career ...

Germany's next chancellor is set to be conservative leader Friedrich Merz after his party, thee Christian Democratic Union, ...

Germany's domestic intelligence agency provided very detailed justification for classifying the far-right Alternative for ...

The reclassification — AfD was previously designated a “suspected” extremist group — is likely to reignite debate over a ...

Germany ’s center-left Social Democrats have approved a deal to join a new coalition government, paving the way for ...

Lars Klingbeil, Germany's next vice chancellor and finance minister, is an experienced Social Democrat lawmaker who has sat ...

Germany’s Social Democrats voted in favor of the coalition deal with Friedrich Merz’s conservatives, clearing the way for the ...

The parliament will meet May 6 to elect Merz, who will need a majority of all members of the lower house to be elected as ...

Center-Left Party Approves German Coalition Deal, Paving the Way for Merz to Be Elected Chancellor BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s center-left Social Democrats have approved a deal to join a new ...

FILE -Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), left, and Friedrich Merz, right, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), are pictured in tv studio ahead of a ...