It was a week when penguins, bonds, the new German coalition, Louisiana soybeans, fossil fuels, the EU’s Digital Markets Act, France’s creaking politics and American bourbon all became one news story.

German lawmakers will gather in early May to elect Friedrich Merz as chancellor after his conservative bloc sealed a coalition agreement with the main centre-left party, the Bundestag said Monday.

BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament plans to meet on May 6 to elect Friedrich Merz as the country’s next leader, if all the parties in his proposed government approve a coalition agreement ...

MOSCOW, April 14 (Reuters) - The Kremlin criticised Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Monday over comments suggesting Germany might send Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine.

Last month, the would-be coalition under conservative leader Friedrich Merz pushed through parliament a 500 billion-euro ($551 billion) fund, financed by borrowing, to pour money into creaking ...

Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. After winning Germany’s elections, Friedrich Merz vowed to form a coalition government in two months — a ...

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz agreed a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday, aiming to revive growth in Europe’s largest economy just as a global ...

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BERLIN – German conservatives under chancellor-in-waiting, Mr Friedrich Merz, agreed a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) on April 9, aiming to revive growth in ...

Germany has formed a new political coalition deal under the conservative leader Friedrich Merz who is the country's chancellor-in-waiting. The alliance is among the Christian Democratic Union ...

BERLIN: Germany's next leader, the conservative Friedrich Merz, vowed Wednesday (Apr 9) to "move the country forward again" by boosting the economy and defence as he presented a deal to launch his ...

Merz is set to take over as leader of Europe's top economy just as US President Donald Trump has sparked global trade turmoil and raised fears about future transatlantic security ties. Asked at a ...