Mr. Hermsmeier is a journalist who writes about Germany’s politics and society. Friedrich Merz didn’t waste time. Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s ...

Friedrich Merz has affirmed, however, that would not happen while he is German Chancellor. This article was originally written in German. While you're here: Every Tuesday, DW editors round up what ...

Behind "Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature" is the tale of German Romanticism in the Age of Napoleon. Caspar David Friedrich, Monk by the Sea (1808-1810). Photo: Andres Kilger. Courtesy of ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz has revealed plans for a new €500 billion special fund aimed at boosting infrastructure and defence spending. Just over a week after his victory in the federal ...

German Francesco Friedrich won a record-extending 16th men’s bobsled world title, while Laura Nolte led a German medals sweep of the two-woman event to end the World Championships in Lake Placid, New ...

But, although he will not become chancellor for some weeks, Friedrich Merz, who won Germany’s election on February 23rd, has just transformed his country with a stroke of commendable boldness.

The early signs are unexpectedly promising. The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats at home, a ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz, who is likely to be Germany's next chancellor, has labelled the response to Volodymyr Zelenskyy by Donald Trump and JD Vance as a "manufactured escalation". Members of ...

Fredrich J. Piette, age 86, saw Heaven for the first time on March 18, 2025, surrounded by his family at home. He was born on August 9, 1938, to the late Alfred and Victorine (Koerner) Piette.

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Hours after his election victory last Sunday, Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s center-right Christian Democrats (CDU), said on national television t ...

Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz thinks he’s found a way to guarantee larger military budgets now and into the future. This comes via a plan to exempt much military spending from the country ...

BERLIN — For Friedrich Merz, the hard part begins now. The incoming conservative chancellor began coalition talks with the Social Democrats by giving them exactly what center-left parties have always ...