Merz made his first key move on March 18 in the Bundestag, followed by a second on March 21 in the Bundesrat. Both moves ...

Those were the words of conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz in the German Bundestag as he ...

BERLIN — Germany’s new lower house of parliament opens on Tuesday for the first time since Friedrich Merz stormed to victory in the Feb. 23 election. It has been quite a whirlwind month. The new ...

The so-called “antisemitism” resolution passed by the German parliament in the midst of the recent federal election campaign ...

The Alternative for Germany came second in the February 23 election, the best performance by a far-right party since World ...

or Bundestag. After the Feb. 23 election, that is the center-right Union bloc of the country's likely next leader, Friedrich Merz. Merz's choice was Julia Klöckner, 52, who was agriculture ...

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has taken its place as the Bundestag ’s second-largest party in an opening ...

Friedrich Merz’s €1tn spending package has cleared its final hurdle in Germany’s outgoing parliament as the conservative chancellor-in-waiting turns to difficult coalition talks with Social Democrats.

Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under growing pressure to win conservative policy concessions as coalition talks hit key stumbling blocks.

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

The Bundestag has to meet at least 30 days after the election, however, a new government has still not been agreed on. Friedrich Merz's CDU, along with its Bavarian sister party the CSU, is in talks ...