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

The far-right Alternative für Deutschland called for fresh elections after Friedrich Merz's initial defeat in his bid to ...

Friedrich Merz has succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after ...

Germany's Friedrich Merz began his maiden visit to Brussels Friday with expectations riding high that the changing of the ...

Germany's domestic intelligence agency provided very detailed justification for classifying the far-right Alternative for ...

Schuetze Reporting from Berlin Six months after Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition imploded, Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, was sworn in as Germany’s next chancellor after ...

With Germany's new government due to take office in days, the leader of Olaf Scholz's center-left SPD party called for a joint decision on dealing with the AfD, including a possible ban.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who is set to be succeeded by Friedrich Merz next week, held his last Cabinet meeting in Berlin on Wednesday. The 131st and final meeting came three and a half years ...

The CDU, CSU and SPD have signed their coalition agreement. Meanwhile, the conservative CDU/CSU faction in the Bundestag has elected Jens Spahn as its new leader. Follow DW for more. Scholz ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed on Monday that Germany will keep supporting Ukraine in his final call with President Volodymyr ...

Germany will get a new Chancellor in CDU chief Friedrich Merz next week. Interestingly, Merz’s minority government has a coalition deal with his rival and former Chancellor, Olaf Scholz’s SPD. Social ...