Friedrich Merz is facing a critical moment in his bid to become German chancellor, as disgruntled fellow conservatives worry ...

Working groups for Germany's election-winning conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats will submit findings on a ...

Alternative for Germany has hit an all-time high in polling amid a backlash to its conservative rivals’ promise to hugely ...

A bold move by Germany’s prime minister-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to ease longstanding caps on government spending has won ...

Friedrich Merz, poised to become Germany’s next chancellor, is charting an unexpected course in relations with President ...

Merz, whose closest allies are mostly men, refused to adopt Heil’s request. The 69-year-old said he regretted the low number of women in his parliamentary contingent — despite him making “intensive ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing ...

Merz’s embrace of compromise with the SPD and the Greens (who are expected to play a role in the coalition) risks being seen ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz reached a tentative agreement with the Green party on a debt-funded spending ...

Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz reached an agreement with the Greens party on a fiscal reform package for ...

Forget the back-slapping pol ready to banter about the Bundesliga; Friedrich Merz is a former corporate lawyer who wrote a ...