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Germany's Merz to form government

Germany poised to get new conservative chancellor Friedrich Merz

A coalition deal in Germany has paved the way for conservative leader Friedrich Merz to become the country's 10th chancellor since World War II. As part of the deal, outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party,

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Germany's Merz to form government after SPD backs coalition deal with conservatives

Germany's coalition government has cleared its final hurdle to power after the Social Democrats (SPD) voted in favour of the agreement. View on euronews

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Germany's SPD backs Merz coalition, names leader Klingbeil finance minister

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) backed a coalition deal with the CDU/CSU conservatives on Wednesday in the final step to forming a government in Europe's largest economy, and nominated their leader Lars Klingbeil as finance minister.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Conservative leader Friedrich Merz secures German government coalition after months of political drift

German's center-right Christian Democratic Union and center-left Social Democrats have reached a deal to form a new German government under Friedrich Merz.

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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 ...

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Germany is in shock — and has a new ‘absolute priority’

BERLIN — The sturdiest pillars of Germany’s domestic and international identity have been pulverized with such dizzying speed ...

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.

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