Katherina Reiche and Karsten Wildberger, former executives at major corporations, are Friedrich Merz's surprise picks to lead ...

He has never held a top position in government, yet he will probably soon be Germany's next chancellor. DW takes a look at ...

Representatives for Germany's center-right Union bloc and the center-left Social Democrats on Monday formally signed a ...

Set to be elected as the new chancellor on Tuesday, CDU leader Friedrich Merz said at the ceremony that the coalition was determined to make progress through reform and investment ...

Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday vowed reforms and new investments as the country's centrist parties ...

German conservative Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move swiftly to reform Europe's largest economy, a day before he is due ...

Dmitry Peskov said that Friedrich Merz's statements "did not signal his desire and readiness to pursue the path of normalizing bilateral relations" ...

Germany’s Social Democrats named their seven ministers to serve under incoming conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz, with ...

Incoming German interior minister Alexander Dobrindt suggested on Sunday it was unlikely the far-right Alternative for ...

His grandfather came from Turkey decades ago to work in the coal mines of the western German town of Gelsenkirchen, but ...

Germany’s foreign ministry has hit back at U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio after he criticized the decision to classify ...

The designation is certain to inflame debates over whether the party should be banned, though some polls show it to be the ...