Friedrich Merz on Tuesday became Germany's chancellor, succeeding in a second-round parliamentary vote after initially failing to secure the necessary support. The first-round setback was ...

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

Germany's new chancellor vowed to build Europe's strongest army — but experts say underinvestment, recruitment, and politics ...

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

BERLIN — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s failure to win a majority in parliament in his first bid to become Germany’s 10th post-World War II chancellor suggests challenges ahead for the attempt ...

Friedrich Merz promised to help defend “every inch” of Nato territory as he joined the inauguration of the first German military brigade to be permanently stationed on foreign soil since the second ...

A new report criticizes Germany's immigration policies, calling for better refugee management and warning that tightening ...

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 ...

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

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

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -German Chancellor Friedrich Merz did not rule out common European Union borrowing for defence during a ...