Friedrich Merz (L), Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader in the Bundestag, speaks next to Markus Soeder, Minister President of Bavaria and chairman ...

Germany's centre-right CDU/CSU bloc pledged tax cuts, reduced immigration, bolstered support for Ukraine and a return of military conscription in a campaign manifesto adopted by party leaders on ...

The government in Berlin is under pressure to get major reforms underway. But Merz's coalition partner, the SPD, stands ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz, likely to be vows coalition govt will 'move our country forward again' Talks between the conservatives and the Social Democrats resumed after long, and ...