Germany’s conservatives and the Social Democrats agreed to deepen talks over forming a new government, a step forward as ...

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

German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and Social Democrats have completed preliminary coalition talks. They ...

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) said on Wednesday they had agreed to start talks on a possible coalition with Friedrich Merz ...

The likely next chancellor is unpopular, and his country’s economy has stalled. But his penchant for risks could help lead to ...

Friedrich Merz, who is on course to become post-World War II ... Merz's task will be complicated by the need to form a ...

The Christian Democrat, who appeared to have a path to a stable governing coalition, hopes to lead Europe’s response to ...

Hours after Friedrich Merz's conservatives won Germany's national election, he sent the outgoing Social Democrat government a ...

BERLIN (AP) — Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats ...

German election winner Friedrich Merz is leading coalition talks with the SPD, focusing on illegal migration, economic support, and strengthened defenses. The CDU/CSU and SPD face time constraints to ...

Germany’s mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the country’s national election, ensuring that Ukraine has an ...