Germany is poised to assume a more significant role within the European Union (EU), as the newly appointed German Chancellor, ...

Three years ago Merz returned from the political wilderness to secure the leadership of the centre-right Christian Democratic ...

GERMANY’S new Chancellor Friedrich Merz has finally been confirmed by the country’s parliament just hours after losing a ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has met top EU officials, promising that Europe's biggest economy was back to help steer the ...

Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has expressed cautious optimism that an end to Russia's war against Ukraine may be ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany’s chancellor — hours after he failed to win the first round in ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the German conservatives, has been elected as chancellor after winning the second of two votes ...

Friedrich Merz’s bid to become Germany’s 10th chancellor has failed in the first round of voting in parliament by six votes.

Friedrich Merz tells PM that existence of Jewish state is part of post-Nazi Germany's raison d'etat; readout says he also ...

The 69-year-old had been expected to smoothly win the vote to become Germany's 10th chancellor since the Second World War. But no other post-war candidate for chancellor has failed to win on the ...

Although it came on the heels of frosty relations and numerous points of contention between Poland and Germany, the visit may ...

Germany's newly sworn-in Chancellor Friedrich Merz is aiming for a "restart" of relations with France and Poland, he told ...