The deal follows weeks of negotiations as Europe faces uncertainty over sweeping tariffs imposed by the United States.

The party, once the city’s largest opposition force, long championed a moderate approach. It ended up squeezed between a ...

Friedrich Merz, Christian Democratic Union party chairman, shakes hands with the Social Democratic Party co-leaders Saskia Esken next to Lars Klingbeil and Markus Soeder, chairman of Bavarian's ...

The Associated Press / From left on stage, Markus Soeder, chairman of Bavarian’s Christian Social Union party, Friedrich Merz, Christian Democratic Union party chairman and the Social Democratic ...

Before Merz can take the helm, the coalition deal needs approval in a ballot of the Social Democrats’ membership and by a convention on April 28 of Merz’s Christian Democratic Union party.