The SPD’s participation in government under Merz marks a new stage in the decline of the party, whose history began more than ...

Angela Merkel revisits one of the most iconic declarations of her leadership: "I say it again and again: We can manage this, ...

Outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz has selected two pieces of classical music alongside Aretha Franklin's "Respect" for his ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel wished Friedrich Merz, head of the incoming government in Berlin, "good fortune, and ...

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 parliament ...

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) has approved a coalition agreement with Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc, paving ...

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

Germany 's center-left Social Democrats have approved a deal to join a new coalition government, paving the way for parliament to elect conservative leader Friedrich Merz as the country's new ...

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) has approved a coalition agreement with Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU/CSU bloc, ...

The parliament will meet May 6 to elect Merz, who will need a majority of all members of the lower house to be elected as ...