The future Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, confirmed on Friday that the CDU/CSU Christian Democratic parties and the ...
EXCLUSIVE: As Germany is set to get a new chancellor, an acclaimed documentary examines the leadership and legacy of a previous chancellor – Angela Merkel. The former head of the Christian Democratic ...
"But there was one problem, right from the start: We both wanted to be the boss,” she said. Merkel moved to consolidate her grip on Germany's center-right after the Union narrowly lost a national ...
Paul Hockenos is a journalist and author based in Berlin. His most recent book is “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, the Wall, and the Birth of the New Berlin.” ...
Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...
One reason for this mixed record was Chancellor Angela Merkel’s 2011 decision, after the Fukushima nuclear accident, to accelerate a planned phaseout of nuclear energy. It meant Germany needed ...
Leaders of the likely incoming coalition government announced plans to reform the debt brake and create a special investment ...
Germany’s economy is at a breaking point, and one controversial rule may be responsible - the debt brake. This strict policy, ...
Germany's Green party on Monday threatened to torpedo plans put forward by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz to invest ...