Friedrich Merz promised tougher measures to tackle illegal migration, including by turning away people at Germany's borders ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has charged that Friedrich Merz, the country's likely next chancellor, has ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz announced Friday his conservatives had struck a deal with the Greens on massively ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending, the Greens are standing in his way.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz reached a tentative agreement with the Green party on a debt-funded spending ...

Friedrich Merz wants to end Germany’s deadlock on EU policy, but his solution may not be to everyone’s liking.

Mr Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats are in negotiations to form a government after February's election. Read ...

German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) have concluded preliminary talks towards ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz was set to make a last-ditch attempt on Friday to convince the Greens of his ...

The Greens vow to foil the chancellor-in-waiting’s historic plan to invest big in defense and infrastructure. But it may just ...

By Andreas Rinke, Holger Hansen and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said on Friday ...

BERLIN — Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting in a fiery Bundestag debate Thursday urged Green lawmakers to pass constitutional ...