Doch an Merz' Parteibasis wachsen Zweifel an seiner Fähigkeit zu einer echten Politikwende. Eine Analyse von Corinna Emundts, tagesschau.de Gerade starten die Koalitionsverhandlungen in die ...

For ten years, Friedrich Merz was Chairman of the Atlantik-Brücke — a non-partisan organization for the cultivation of American-German relations. Germany was already in bad standing with Trump ...

Mr. Merz’s tougher stance on immigration has been seen as an attempt to gain some section of right-wing voters, especially in east Germany. In light of a knife attack carried out by an Afghan ...

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 ...

Would-be chancellor trying to draft a government plan Needs to reach consensus with CSU and SPD parties With Germany in economic crisis, Merz wants cuts BERLIN, March 28 (Reuters) - Germany's ...

Für Friedrich Merz läuft aktuell alles wie geschmiert. Die Sondierungsgespräche waren nach kurzer Zeit abgeschlossen. So soll es jetzt weitergehen. Frankfurt – Friedrich Merz ist ...

Man wüsste gern, was Markus Söder zu Friedrich Merz sagte, nachdem die beiden Chefs der Union ein historisches Schuldenpaket angekündigt hatten, das ihren früheren Aussagen widersprach.

Im Wahlkampf hatte CDU-Chef Merz die Schuldenbremse eisern verteidigt. Jetzt ist er bereit, die Schuldenregeln aufzuweichen. In seiner Fraktion sind nicht alle mit dem Kurswechsel einverstanden.

Germany’s Friedrich Merz, poised to be his country’s next chancellor, said he thinks the explosive exchange between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump on Friday ...

Chancellor-in waiting seeks to finalise coalition talks with Social Democrats by April 20 Coalition aims to revitalise economy with unprecedented large state borrowing programme Merz wants strict ...

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 ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing that is set to super-charge the country’s military spending. The ...