Merz was elected chancellor Tuesday during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round.

The "de-facto closure" of the German border was ordered by Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, a close Merz ally, in compliance with government rules on Wednesday. Delivering long-range cruise ...

Alexander Dobrindt says he wants to send 'signal to the world and Europe' that 'policy in Germany has changed' - Anadolu ...

Friedrich Merz secured Germany’s chancellorship Tuesday after overcoming an initial parliamentary defeat that had thrown his and Germany’s political future ...

Senior officials in the Trump administration have lashed out at Berlin after Germany’s domestic intelligence agency last week ...

In an extraordinary day of political turbulence in Berlin, Friedrich Merz, the long-time leader of Germany’s Christian ...

Germany's new government said Wednesday it would reject most asylum seekers at its borders as conservative Chancellor ...

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz was due to travel to Paris and Warsaw on Wednesday after winning a nail-biting ...

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

Germany's new Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said there was "no time to lose" to jump-start Europe's beleaguered top economy.

Climate issues took a back seat during Germany's election campaign. Is that likely to change under the incoming coalition government?

With fears of a new world war ascendant, the lessons of World War II continue to resonate, though there is less agreement ...