New Chancellor Friedrich Merz says his compatriots must work harder and smarter to restore Germany's competitive edge. Ahead ...

Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, became Germany’s next chancellor after a surprising setback in parliament ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is weighing how to confront the Alternative for Germany party, which has been rising in ...

At the Tegernsee summit, business leaders urged Germany’s new government to turn campaign promises into reality.

Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt told reporters in Berlin that police at the border would be increased in coming days.

Germany's flagging economy versus climate Over the past four years ... And with international policy largely led by the ...

TOM KREBS is Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim, member of the German Minimum Wage Commission, and former ...

This newly created ministerial post is unprecedented in German government. Excessive bureaucracy and a lack of genuine reform have largely held Germany back. The new minister of state for culture ...

Beyond the immediate neighbourhood, positioning Germany towards the US, China and Israel are high on the agenda. In line with ...

After long negotiations between the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats, the parties agreed to establish a coalition ...

The new German government does not expect the European Union's debt rules to put the brakes on the country's planned spending ...

BERLIN — Germany’s new government plans to station more police at the border to curb illegal migration and even turn away some of the asylum-seekers trying to enter Europe’s biggest economy ...