In his 1st week as German chancellor, Friedrich Merz launches strict border controls to curb irregular migration while ...

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

Germany has launched a new initiative to tighten border controls and temper the flow of undocumented migrants into the ...

The incoming German government of Friedrich Merz said it will tighten and expand border controls in an effort to combat ...

Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, embarks on a diplomatic mission to strengthen ties with France and Poland, balancing contentious issues such as illegal migration and defense financing. Merz ...

The newly elected German chancellor vowed to tackle illegal migration as he made his first trip abroad since assuming office ...

GERMANY’S new government will now turn away undocumented immigrants, scrapping former Chancellor Angela Merkel’s “open door” ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz on Tuesday became Germany’s next chancellor after succeeding to form a coalition with the ...

To accomplish that task, he will need to repair ties with the U.S. and allies, end an immigration crisis and kick-start the ...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor ... policy,” said Piotr Buras, a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Immigration tops the list of concerns for ...

Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in his bid to become ... the Trump administration’s confrontational trade policy, and domestic issues such as the rise of a far-right, anti-immigrant party.