Christian Democrat Friedrich Merz has been confirmed as Germany’s new chancellor. His grand coalition is off to a rocky start ...

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

In his 1st week as German chancellor, Friedrich Merz launches strict border controls to curb irregular migration while ...

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

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

Germany's conservative-led coalition government will sign the deal before it is sworn-in tomorrow. Matthias Miersch will ...

Germany's new coalition government will be sworn in on May 6, with chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz picking close allies ...

On the eve of taking office, incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz and his CDU/CSU-SPD alliance have pledged economic revival, ...

Centrist parties seek to impose tighter controls on public debate, all in the name of democracy.

A German spy agency deems the party a threat to the “democratic order,” but voters say otherwise—should they be silenced, too ...

Friedrich Merz needed a surprise second vote to clear parliament.

Friedrich Merz’s unprecedented failure to win election as German chancellor in the first round of voting in parliament has ...