Such talks often drag on for weeks if not months in Germany, but Merz is in a hurry to reach a deal with Europe's biggest economy facing economic malaise and an upheaval in relations with the U.S.

Merz’s government is the last chance for the German establishment parties to govern effectively,” says Matt Gertken, ...

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started ...

Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next head of government, is already trying to shape foreign policy. He is especially ...

The Washington Examiner followed the Berlin-Pankow chapter of the AfD in the days up to election night as the once-outsider ...

Should an AfD-led Germany withdraw from NATO, the alliance would surely collapse, as would an EU without Germany. Instead, a ...