German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the presumptive next chancellor, believes the "urgency is great" for the country ...

Germany's leading stock market index, the DAX, climbed above 23,000 points for the first time on Monday. The Frankfurt-based ...

Germany's coalition talks include proposals for two special funds involving hundreds of billions of euros to boost defense ...

Potential coalition government in Germany discusses creating two substantial special funds worth hundreds of billions of ...

Such talks often drag on for weeks if not months in Germany, but Merz is in a hurry to reach a deal with Europe's biggest economy facing economic malaise and an upheaval in relations with the U.S.

Economically troubled Germany just held elections and will soon have a new government. The conservative Christian Democratic ...

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started ...

Germany’s federal election was subject to “clear” and “successful” manipulation by Russia and other foreign actors, the head ...

Opposition to the status quo must not be monopolized by the right-wing extremist visions of parties like Alternative für ...

Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc under chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and the Social Democrats are set to start exploratory talks on a coalition on Friday, said people familiar with the ...

Friedrich Merz, chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), is poised to be nominated as Germany’s next chancellor, according to preliminary results ...

Though he has still to formally take up office, Freidrich Merz, the CDU’s choice for chancellor, has proposed securing “independence” from the US, criticised “America first” doctrine and said he is ...