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

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

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

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’.

Opposite his workplace is a building housing many recent migrants from Romania and Bulgaria, who Mehmet says typify the challenges in ... The lead candidate from Merz's CDU, Laura Rosen, also ...

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.

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 ...

After some difficulty, Friedrich Merz has become Germany's new chancellor. His personal popularity is low. Most Germans don't trust him, not least because of his approach to the far-right AfD.

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 ...

BERLIN/PARIS - New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced a reset in French-German relations to help Europe overcome the ...