Germany's parliament will hold a second vote on Tuesday on backing Friedrich Merz as chancellor after the veteran ...

Germany’s new chancellor suffered a major blow before his term even began — after dramatically losing a secret leadership ...

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

The former Bundestag president is poised to become co-leader of the SPD as it attempts a reboot after historic election losses.

Friedrich Merz’s halting path to the chancellor’s office inflamed his challenges at home and abroad, including a threat from ...

Friedrich Merz succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he ...

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) asked the director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to refrain from sharing intelligence with ...

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

The cordon sanitaire around the AfD necessitated an alliance with the anti-conservative SPD, even though voters had roundly repudiated the party in the most recent election. During the campaign, Merz ...

The party’s rise has created one political crisis. Any attempt to ban it would create another.