His grandfather came from Turkey decades ago to work in the coal mines of the western German town of Gelsenkirchen, but ...

Germany's next chancellor is set to be conservative leader Friedrich Merz after his party, thee Christian Democratic Union, ...

Mr Merz’s prosperous upbringing in the Sauerland, a well-to-do, rural Catholic region in Germany’s west, and his early career ...

The classification of the AfD as a 'far-right' party has had the effect of a bomb in Berlin three days before the swearing-in ...

When German conservative leader Friedrich Merz takes power next week, he will quickly have to grapple with a tough question: ...

Germany's domestic intelligence service has classified the popular Alternative for Germany party as "extremist," allowing for ...

The parliament will meet May 6 to elect Merz, who will need a majority of all members of the lower house to be elected as ...

SPD chief Lars Klingbeil steps into Germany’s most powerful ministry as his party joins a conservative-led coalition.

German election winner Friedrich Merz’s party has approved an agreement to form a coalition government with a center-left ...

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) has approved a coalition agreement with Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc, paving ...

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