Friedrich Merz becomes Chancellor of Germany amid economic challenges and trade tensions with the U.S., impacting EU ...

Climate issues took a back seat during Germany's election campaign. Is that likely to change under the incoming coalition ...

09 May 2025, Bavaria, Gmund Am Tegernsee: Katherina Reiche (CDU), Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, takes ...

Germany's economy saw growth in the first quarter of the year, averting a recession due to increased consumption and ...

In Berlin, Friedrich Merz was elected Germany’s chancellor, but not without a surprising setback. For the first time in ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz on Tuesday became Germany’s next chancellor after succeeding to form a coalition with the ...

Friedrich Merz’s unprecedented failure to win election as German chancellor in the first round of voting in parliament has ...

Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that ...

During his election campaign, Mr. Merz tried tapping into a yearning for a time when Germany’s economy was booming, infrastructure was new and bureaucracy worked. But challenges mounted for him ...

Germany must pursue trade deals as part of wider European Union efforts to diversify its markets, new Economy Minister ...

Merz' appointment ends six months of political deadlock in the country after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ...

Germany's economy contracted slightly on an annual ... with stark competition from China and now faces tariffs, while issues in housebuilding and infrastructure have been linked to higher costs ...