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Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, became Germany’s next chancellor after a surprising setback in parliament delayed him from taking office. By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting ...

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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 ...

Berlin's new government is marking VE Day and the end of WWII. DW rounds up the latest news from Germany. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and US President Donald Trump ended their 30-minute ...

Follow DW for more. Scholz praised Germany's imminent change of government as an "expression of democratic normality"Image: Michael Kappeler/dpa/picture alliance German Chancellor Olaf Scholz ...

BERLIN—German politics used to be boring but stable. Now it’s neither. This was the central message from the chaotic transfer of power on Tuesday that saw Friedrich Merz, the conservative ...

Germany rebuked Secretary of State Marco Rubio after he slammed the country’s intelligence agency for classifying the far-right political party Alternative for Germany a “proven-right wing ...

Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), was sworn in to office as the fifth chancellor of a reunified Germany on Tuesday evening. The neck-snapping events — with ...

Free Expression: Alternative for Germany more than doubled its 2021 vote share to 20% in the 2025 election, but the winning Christian Democratic Union, which sees the AfD as a pariah, has said it ...

"This issue is about clarity, consistency and control," Dobrindt told reporters. Germany's Bild newspaper first reported the plans earlier on Wednesday. The rejection of asylum seekers is legally ...

In February, Germany held an election that had many echoes of the one the United States held in November. Voters were incensed with inflation — especially electricity prices, which surged 80 ...