Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany's 10th post-World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career ...

Friedrich Merz succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he ...

Germany's domestic intelligence agency provided very detailed justification for classifying the far-right Alternative for ...

Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, is expected to become Germany’s next chancellor. But on Tuesday, he failed ...

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German president since 2017, is a former leader of the Social Democrats who in 2009 led his ...

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz suffered a serious blow on Tuesday when he failed to win a parliamentary ...

Friedrich Merz was poised to be sworn in as chancellor but did not win enough votes in parliament, usually a symbolic step.

Friedrich Merz’s unprecedented failure to win election as German chancellor in the first round of voting in parliament has raised doubts about his new government’s ability to carry through on plans to ...