Friedrich Merz received a rude shock on the morning of May 6, 2025, as he prepared to lose the “in-waiting” qualifier from ...

US President Donald Trump’s secretary of state Marco Rubio accused the German state of “tyranny in disguise”, further ...

To revive Germany’s ailing economy, new chancellor Friedrich Merz must tackle a baffling paradox: employment is at record highs but individually, Germans have never worked less.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has declared that Germany must have a stronger army than Britain, committing to spend five ...

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

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor in a major blow.

BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in ...

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.

Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected Chancellor of Germany on Tuesday after the second round of Bundestag voting, in which he was given 325 endorsements (thus ...

BERLIN — New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Wednesday he will work to bring Europe and the U.S. together in their approach to Ukraine, enable his country to build Europe's strongest ...

Merz won in a second round of voting after failing to secure an absolute majority in an earlier round.

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz won lawmakers' approval to become the next German chancellor on Tuesday in a second vote in parliament, hours after an unprecedented defeat in the first round. The conservative ...