Friedrich Merz, Germany’s Chancellor-in-waiting, has appointed Katherina Reiche and Johann Wadephul to key cabinet positions.

Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has revealed which cabinet positions which will be filled by ministers from his ...

The leader of the Christian Democratic Union and next Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has promised his support to the German ...

Germany’s chancellor in waiting hands key ministries to CDU veterans and business figures, setting the tone for a more ...

Karsten Wildberger, a MediaMarkt-Saturn manager with no experience in Berlin politics, is to head the new Digital Ministry.

Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has picked an energy sector executive as his economy minister as he unveiled his party’s cabinet picks a week before taking office.

Decades of social cuts by the SPD, the Greens and the Left Party, supported by the trade unions, have allowed the AfD to grow ...

Germany's conservative party on Monday named utility executive Katherina Reiche as the country's next economy minister and ...

With the government of the incoming chancellor poised to decide the fate of the deal, analysts debate whether it will survive ...

The German parliament plans to meet on May 6 to elect Friedrich Merz as the country’s next leader, if all the parties in his ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and his CDU won Germany's election, yet his personal popularity is low — and getting lower. Most Germans don't trust him, not least because of his approach to the ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and his CDU won the German election— yet his personal popularity is low and getting ...