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

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 ...

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

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

Merz won in a second round of voting after failing to secure an absolute majority in an earlier round.

In the second round he received 325 votes. As chancellor, Merz will face the challenge of helping to fill a leadership vacuum and craft a united response to recent U.S. policy shifts that have ...

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 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 ...

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

Despite its designation as extremist by the country's intelligence services, the AfD's growing strength poses an immediate challenge to incoming conservative chancellor Friedrich Merz, who takes ...