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 ...

Markets chaos heightens pressure for coalition deal Conservatives restive at prospective concessions to SPD Parties hope to wrap up talks this week Reuters Tariffs Live Page BERLIN, April 7 ...

BERLIN — German chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz says Donald Trump’s tariffs, and their ruinous effect on Germany’s stock market, emphasize the need for tax cuts and deregulation. Germany’s main ...

By contrast, the CDU/CSU, led by the likely next Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz, lost two percentage points. The CDU and CSU secured victory in the Bundestag election on 23 February with 28.5 ...

Friedrich Merz is racing to strike a migration deal with the Social Democrats ahead of a looming Easter deadline to form a government. The incoming German chancellor’s Christian Democratic Union ...