Friedrich Merz secured Germany’s chancellorship Tuesday after overcoming an initial parliamentary defeat that had thrown his and Germany’s political future ...

In an extraordinary day of political turbulence in Berlin, Friedrich Merz, the long-time leader of Germany’s Christian ...

Germany's new government on Wednesday said that it would reject most asylum seekers at its borders as conservative Chancellor ...

With symbolic choice of France for first foreign trip, Merz seeks to follow through on promise to revitalise Franco-German ...

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

Merz is now facing a myriad of challenges, including keeping his coalition government united and boosting Germany's ...

According to Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko, the challenges facing Germany today "are influencing the internal political landscape, shifting the balance of power among political forces, and ...

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz was due to travel to Paris and Warsaw on Wednesday after winning a nail-biting ...

The incident once again highlights the ailing infrastructure in the German capital and the impact of decades of cutbacks by ...

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

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

Friedrich Merz needed a surprise second vote to clear parliament.