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Germany’s staid-seeming new chancellor has a mercurial streak
Mr Merz’s prosperous upbringing in the Sauerland, a well-to-do, rural Catholic region in Germany’s west, and his early career ...
Center-left party approves German coalition deal, paving the way for Merz to be elected chancellor
Germany ’s center-left Social Democrats have approved a deal to join a new coalition government, paving the way for ...
Politico Europe2d
Germany’s center-left leader will be finance minister in the Merz government
SPD chief Lars Klingbeil steps into Germany’s most powerful ministry as his party joins a conservative-led coalition.
Germany's Merz names utility executive as economy minister among first cabinet picks
Germany's Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Monday named utility executive Katherina Reiche as his likely economy ...
Friedrich Merz’s party approves German coalition agreement, bringing him closer to the chancellery
German election winner Friedrich Merz’s party has approved an agreement to form a coalition government with a center-left ...
Germany's SPD welcomes 'strong backing' by members for coalition deal
The general secretary of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) on Wednesday welcomed the result of an online ballot which ...
Johann Wadephul to become Germany's new foreign minister
Conservative lawmaker Johann Wadephul is set to head Germany's foreign office. Some difficult tasks lie ahead.