Friedrich Merz, Christian Democratic Union party chairman, addresses the media after reaching an agreement between their parties on a coalition for a new German government at a news conference in ...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz has yet to begin his chancellorship, but he’s already feeling the heat. The incoming leader is facing slumping approval ratings and a barrage of criticism from parts of his ...

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 ...

Friedrich Merz said the draft deal - with Germany's Social Democrats - aimed to create a strong government with courageous responses Germany's conservatives under Friedrich Merz have reached a ...