Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that ...

The new German chancellor held talks with the Greek premier in Berlin. Meanwhile, Germany has banned the far-right ...

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

Supporters of Mr. Merz, a former corporate lawyer, say he is well-prepared and thoughtful, but critics accuse him of failing ...

BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in ...

Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, called for the repeal of the CSDDD during his inaugural visit to the European Commission on May 9, ...

Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany's 10th post-World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor in a major blow.

His countrymen, he declares, will have to ‘engage’ with the AfD, ‘factually and on substance.’ ...

Germany's next chancellor is set to be conservative leader Friedrich Merz after his party, thee Christian Democratic Union, ...