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

Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz cleared the final hurdle Wednesday to launching a new government next week ...

World / Is the country’s latest grand coalition a shaky marriage of convenience—or “democracy’s last bullet”? Linda Mannheim ...

The nominations from the CDU and CSU show that the shift to the right that is taking place in the US under Donald Trump is ...

Government officials in Germany are supporting development of a nuclear fusion pilot plant. Officials have said they want ...

The upcoming EPP congress puts Manfred Weber on a path to becoming the party’s most powerful leader ever – but he is aiming ...

The efficient way of polling procedures as Germany adopts can also be replicated in Nepal. The economic disruptions, partly ...

With liberalism, freedom and democracy under threat globally, it's a time for 'giants' – but this is a 'coalition of the ...

For the first time in more than a hundred years, a Jewish minister has been elected to the government of Germany to serve as ...

Andrea Thomas has been heading the Berlin bureau of Dow Jones Newswires since 2019. She writes about the German government, the energy transition and the economy.