Germany's conservatives under chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Monday announced their cabinet ministers, including an ...

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

Germany's Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Monday named utility executive Katherina Reiche as his likely economy minister and foreign policy expert and ally Johann Wadephul as foreign minister, ...

Seven ministries will go to the CDU, seven to the SPD and three to the CSU. It is now clear who the CDU and CSU want to send ...

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

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.

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

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

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 ...

Europe stands at a crucial juncture in its history. Few articulate this better than Germany’s Friedrich Merz. Europe must not ...