Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, became Germany’s next chancellor after a surprising setback in parliament ...

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

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

Andreas Umland, a German expert and analyst at the Stockholm Center for Eastern European Studies, expressed this hope in a ...

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

Friedrich Merz, set to become chancellor on May 6, 2025, is aiming to halt a fast-track approach to citizenship by the ...

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sets off on his first trip abroad on Wednesday to France and Poland in a bid to renew ...

Germany’s Friedrich Merz has formally become chancellor at the second attempt, hours after an unprecedented defeat signaled ...

BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany’s next chancellor, drawing applause ...

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

Friedrich Merz reacts after he failed to be elected new chancellor in the first voting process at the German federal ...

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed concern about Israel's plans to take over the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza and said his new foreign minister would travel to Israel at the ...