Mr. Merz failed to get enough votes from legislators in the German Parliament in a first round of voting. No modern German ...

Carsten Brzeski, global head of macro at ING, said Friedrich Merz losing the vote to become chancellor was a "disaster." He said it's unclear whether it was CDU/CSU or SPD voters opposing Merz, given ...

The grieving process for the possible loss of Washington’s protective power has begun. ‘Our interest is to keep the Americans ...

Friedrich Merz is becoming chancellor at the most challenging time for Germany since reunification 35 years ago.

Germany's parliament is set to elect conservative Friedrich Merz as its new Chancellor. The 69-year old is promising to ...

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to be sworn in as chancellor on Tuesday with a mission to revive the ...

The choice of ministers points to a tolerance for political risk, but it also assembles a team of loyalists around the new ...

German conservative Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move swiftly to reform Europe's largest economy, a day before he is due ...