On his first full day as German chancellor, Friedrich Merz flew to Paris and Warsaw, stepping up efforts to bring peace to ...

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

Friedrich Merz now heads the German government. He has vowed to make foreign policy a top priority, visiting France and ...

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

Visiting Paris and Warsaw, Chancellor Friedrich Merz spoke about defence and European unity, marking a shift from his ...

The French, German, British and Polish leaders are set to attend a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on ...

Friedrich Merz becomes Germany’s chancellor amid economic turmoil, coalition instability, and a rising far-right, as Trump’s ...

Merz said he will declare a national emergency in order to carry out more border controls and deportations. The move has been ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans a National Emergency in Germany to address illegal immigration, amid government denials and ...

Jim Tankersley Christopher F. Schuetze Melissa Eddy and Clay Risen Friedrich Merz won a second-chance vote to become Germany’s chancellor on Tuesday afternoon, rebounding from a morning defeat ...

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

By Jim Tankersley Reporting from Berlin Friedrich Merz’s party won Germany’s national election in late February. After weeks of coalition negotiations, Mr. Merz finally made it to the ...