Hours after he suffered a historic defeat, Friedrich Merz was elected as German chancellor on Tuesday. The leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) had been widely expected to win ...

Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, increasingly pitches himself as a pragmatist akin to Angela Merkel. But his mantra ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on President Xi Jinping to support a joint US-European push to achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine, in his first phone call with the Chinese leader on Friday.

Friedrich Merz (R), leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), is greeted after being elected as ...

Significantly, Merz began his speech by praising the pro-war and rearmament policies of his predecessor, Olaf Scholz (SPD).

Friedrich Merz has succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz defended his government's new migration policy on Saturday, saying it remains in line with ...

US President Donald Trump’s secretary of state Marco Rubio accused the German state of “tyranny in disguise”, further ...

The process, Scholz said in his farewell address on Monday night, was an “expression of democratic ... for Germany party in Berlin in February.Credit...Christian Mang/Reuters Friedrich Merz ...

A coalition deal in Germany has paved the way for conservative leader Friedrich Merz to become ... (SPD), will join with Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Both parties in the agreement ...

Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected Chancellor of Germany on Tuesday after the second round of Bundestag voting, in which he was given 325 endorsements (thus ...