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

New Chancellor Friedrich Merz says his compatriots must work harder and smarter to restore Germany's competitive edge. Ahead ...

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

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected in a second ballot by lawmakers as post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor ...

Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, called for the repeal of the CSDDD during his inaugural visit to the European Commission on May 9, ...

BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in ...

His countrymen, he declares, will have to ‘engage’ with the AfD, ‘factually and on substance.’ ...

Merz' appointment ends six months of political deadlock in the country after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ...

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

BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in ... anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party, slammed Merz’s failure as proof that his coalition has a “weak foundation” and called ...

BERLIN — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected in a second ballot by lawmakers as post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor on Tuesday — hours after he failed to win the first round ...