In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about nuclear deterrence as French protection will come at a cost, Italy once again ...

Chicago Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Thursday after four rounds of voting as the new head of the Catholic ...

Chicago Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected on Thursday as the new head of the Catholic Church after just 24 hours ...

DW takes a look at the life of Friedrich Merz. Friedrich Merz has made it to the chancellery after a bumpy start. He needed an unprecedented second vote to secure the necessary majority in the ...

The head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Friedrich Merz, speaks during a CDU party conference to officially sign the coalition agreement concluded with the Social Democrats (SPD), in ...

Friedrich Merz will take office on Tuesday, at the helm of a center-right and center-left coalition government in Berlin. The new German chancellor's first trip will be to Paris on Wednesday.

Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday vowed reforms and new investments as the country's centrist parties signed a coalition agreement and announced additional members of the cabinet.

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The conservatives of Germany's designated chancellor Friedrich Merz and the centre-left Social Democrats formally signed their coalition contract on Monday, on the eve of launching their new ...

Despite its designation as extremist by the country's intelligence services, the AfD's growing strength poses an immediate challenge to incoming conservative chancellor Friedrich Merz, who takes ...