German conservatives under Friedrich Merz have clinched a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), aiming ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative German party CDU is set to be elected chancellor on May 6, party sources said on ...

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz reached a coalition deal with the ... support the electric car industry and scrap a controversial supply chain law. It also planned a commission on ...

Mr Merz is expected to be sworn in as chancellor ... which are set to severely impact Berlin’s car industry. He said Germany would aim for a reduction in those tariffs, and would push for ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz called on Monday for swift ... Germany faces 25% import tariffs on steel and aluminium and cars, and "reciprocal" tariffs of 20% from ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has unveiled a new coalition deal between the country’s two major centrist parties in a bold and optimistic speech in Berlin on Wednesday, hours after ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's would-be chancellor, Friedrich Merz, sought to regain the political initiative on Monday, promising renewed focus on competitiveness after a bruising weekend that saw ...

BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor after finalizing a deal Wednesday to form a new government. Merz ...