Friedrich Merz, poised to become Germany’s next chancellor, is charting an unexpected course in relations with President ...

Lawmakers have embraced plans unveiled by Friedrich Merz, soon to take the reins as Germany's new chancellor, for an enormous ...

Mr. Hermsmeier is a journalist who writes about Germany’s politics and society. Friedrich Merz didn’t waste time. Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s ...

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Friedrich Merz, opined that the staggering rise of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD), with its vote share of almost 20%, is a “real warning bell, a real alarm bell for the political ...

But, although he will not become chancellor for some weeks, Friedrich Merz, who won Germany’s election on February 23rd, has just transformed his country with a stroke of commendable boldness.

Germany’s future chancellor Friedrich Merz on Saturday said his conservative CDU party has come to an agreement in principle with the Social Democrats (SPD) to form a coalition government.

Germany's chancellor designate Friedrich Merz wants to scrap restraints on borrowing and allow for much higher defence ...

Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Friedrich Merz’s €1tn spending package has cleared its final hurdle in Germany’s outgoing parliament as ...

The early signs are unexpectedly promising. The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats at home ...