Friedrich Merz now heads the German government. He has vowed to make foreign policy a top priority, visiting France and Poland on his first day in office.During his election campaign, Friedrich Merz ...

While already planned, the trip comes only a day after Merz was elected chancellor by parliament on the second round of ...

BERLIN - New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sets off on his first trip abroad on Wednesday to France and Poland in a bid to ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by parliament on Tuesday in a second round of voting after ...

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.

Beyond the immediate neighbourhood, positioning Germany towards the US, China and Israel are high on the agenda. In line with ...

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

Relations with Mr. Trump’s administration ... breaking a German political taboo — and he lost. Foreign leaders might wonder how much of his agenda Mr. Merz will be able to push through and ...

After a bumpy start to his coalition government, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz began his tenure as leader with a ...

During his election campaign, Friedrich Merz complained frequently that Germany's closest foreign policy partnership — with France — had been neglected under the government of his predecessor, Olaf ...