Newly installed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is to receive Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for talks in Berlin, ...

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

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has issued a powerful ultimatum to Russia President Vladimir Putin to either make real progress toward ending the Ukraine war this week—or face crippling new EU ...

The German government will stop publishing details of military aid to Ukraine, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Saturday ...

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

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz did not rule out common European Union borrowing for defence during a trip to Brussels on ...

The conservative politician lost a first-round parliamentary vote to become leader, an upset that spells fresh uncertainty ...

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

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

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

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

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