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

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

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

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is weighing how to ... The fight over the Wels Hall is just one in a series of challenges facing the Social Democrats and their senior partners in the ...

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

Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that threatened to hobble his new government. Jim Tankersley Christopher F.

Yet German politics is now deeply divided. Without “unity” at home, Merz will struggle to drive the change he says Europe ...

His appointment reflects the coalition's priority on modernizing Germany's military capabilities in response to global security concerns. Alongside Klingbeil, the SPD has appointed several new ...

Germany's Friedrich Merz made clear Friday that Berlin was back at the European top table, ready to help steer the bloc at a ...

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

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday challenged Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to meet him personally in ...