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

Merz Aesthetics has extended its starry marketing strategy, signing up Salma Hayek Pinault as the first global brand ambassador for its noninvasive skin-lifting device. Seeking to loosen the ...

BERLIN — 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, 69, who will ...

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of committing a war crime after a Russian missile attack killed at least 34 people, including children ...

Friedrich Merz of the CDU is expected to become the next chancellor, replacing Olaf Scholz after Germany's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and center-left Social Democrats agreed to ...

By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting from Berlin Germany’s centrist parties announced on Wednesday that they had formally reached a coalition agreement to allow Friedrich Merz, a conservative ...

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 ...

Doch an den geplanten Erleichterungen für die Wirtschaft werde nicht gerüttelt, verspricht CDU-Chef Merz im ARD-Brennpunkt. CDU-Chef Friedrich Merz hat zugesagt, dass die geplanten Maßnahmen ...

The deal caps weeks of haggling between chancellor-in-waiting Merz and the SPD after he topped elections in February but fell well short of a majority, with the far-right Alternative for Germany ...

Even before taking office, Friedrich Merz and his conservative Christian Democratic Union have seen their ratings plummet while the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, became the country ...