Germany's designated next chancellor, the conservative Friedrich Merz, is an avowed transatlanticist who now has to face up ...

Germany's new chancellor Friedrich Merz aims to revive the economy, strengthen EU ties, and address far-right challenges.

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to be sworn in as chancellor on Tuesday with a mission to revive the ...

He has never held a top position in government, yet he will probably soon be Germany's next chancellor. DW takes a look at ...

The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party has sued the domestic intelligence service for classifying it as a ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel wished Friedrich Merz, head of the incoming government in Berlin, "good fortune, and ...

Germany’s center-left Social Democrats have approved a deal to join a new coalition government, paving the way for parliament ...

The former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, after 10 years of absence, has returned to Ischia to spend a few days on vacation. She arrived on the green island on a ferry that departed shortly ...

Angela Merkel revisits one of the most emblematic declarations of her leadership: "We can manage". The former Chancellor of ...

The Union and Social Democrats have governed Germany together before: once in the 1960s, and then in three of the four terms of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, who led the country from 2005 to 2021.