BERLIN — Friedrich Merz made his world-affairs debut Wednesday as Germany’s new chancellor , with plans to immediately team ...

Friedrich Merz on Tuesday became Germany's chancellor, succeeding in a second-round parliamentary vote after initially ...

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

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected as the country's next chancellor. Newsweek's live blog is ...

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

Supporters of Mr. Merz, a former corporate lawyer, say he is well-prepared and thoughtful, but critics accuse him of failing ...

Friedrich Merz plunged straight into international crises on his first full day as Germany’s new chancellor Merz urged India ...

Friedrich Merz won the vote to become the next German chancellor on Tuesday after a second vote in parliament, hours after an unprecedented defeat in the first round of voting.

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 ...

Friedrich Merz, the new German Chancellor, embarks on his first international trip to France, marking a reset in Franco-German relations. The alliance aims to bolster Europe's security and economic ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called on his country's new government under incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz to strengthen its military for the benefit of all of Europe. "I am ...

The incoming chancellor’s coalition compromises leave a lot of space for the AfD. By Hans Kundnani On 9 April, the day that Friedrich Merz announced Germany’s new coalition agreement between the ...