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

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is weighing how to confront the Alternative for Germany party, which has been rising in ...

Police figures reveal that irregular migration to Germany has dropped significantly in the last two years. The new German government has called for increased border checks.

Friedrich Merz received a rude shock on the morning of May 6, 2025, as he prepared to lose the “in-waiting” qualifier from ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday urged the West not to be divided on Ukraine and said he was working to ensure ...

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

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

Germany's draft budget for 2026 should be approved by the cabinet in July and discussions on it should start in parliament in ...

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

In his maiden speech as chancellor to Germany's Bundestag, Merz tried to position himself as a unifying centrist figure.

Article 63 of Germany's constitution, the Basic Law, says that, to become chancellor, a candidate in the first round needs to ...

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he will work to bring Europe and the U.S. together in their approach to Ukraine.