Friedrich Merz on Tuesday became Germany's chancellor, succeeding in a second-round parliamentary vote after initially ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is weighing how to confront the Alternative for Germany party, which has been rising in ...

In Berlin, Friedrich Merz was elected Germany’s chancellor, but not without a surprising setback. For the first time in ...

Germany and its allies will move to confiscate frozen Russian assets if legally possible, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in ...

Because the vote is held by secret ballot, it is not immediately clear — and might never be known — who defected from Merz's ...

Germany's new chancellor Friedrich Merz signalled a new start in relations with European partners France and Poland, but ...

The only way to win the challenge posed by the AfD is to address the problems it has raised, first and foremost that of ...

In the second round he received 325 votes. As chancellor, Merz will face the challenge of helping to fill a leadership vacuum ...

Friedrich Merz says a reset in relations is vital to help Europe overcome its security and economic ‘challenges’.

But in a sign of the challenges he faces, Mr. Merz fell six votes short in a first vote in Parliament. He now faces a second round of voting and is expected to eventually prevail. Mr. Merz ...

still begs the question why Merz ruled it out during the elections, and does he really have a longer-term vision on the ...

Merz' appointment ends six months of political deadlock in the country after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ...