The far-right AfD leads in a German poll for the first time ever. Can the incoming chancellor reverse the trend?

Germany's presumptive next leader Friedrich Merz has an "absolute will to power," former chancellor Angela Merkel said on ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany's next chancellor. Friedrich Merz, chairman of the conservative Christian Democratic ...

By Andreas Rinke and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -German conservatives under Friedrich Merz agreed a coalition deal ...

By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -German conservatives under Friedrich Merz agreed a coalition deal with the centre-left ...

By Andreas Rinke and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -German conservatives under Friedrich Merz agreed a coalition deal ...

By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -German conservatives under Friedrich Merz were poised to unveil a coalition deal with the ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has pledged to strengthen Germany's role on the European and world stage at a time US ...

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz clinched a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday, ...