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

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

The German government will stop publishing details of military aid to Ukraine, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Saturday ...

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.

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

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with British Foreign Secretary David Lammy and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in ...

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

Friedrich Merz’s unprecedented failure to win election as German chancellor in the first round of voting in parliament has ...

Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed on the need to quickly resolve trade ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz did not rule out common European Union borrowing for defence during a trip to Brussels on ...