German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is optimistic that the European Union can agree a trade deal with the United States by the ...

German far-right leader Alice Weidel on Wednesday launched a fierce attack on Chancellor Friedrich Merz over his young ...

Jens Spahn, the powerful parliamentary leader of Merz's centre-right, faces a reckoning over Covid-era procurement calls that ...

FRANKFURT - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to make his first visit to China towards the end of this year with a ...

Germany's new government has been in office for two months. So far only Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Conservatives are making ...

Following Russia's powerful overnight attack on civilian targets in Ukraine, Germany said diplomatic means against Moscow have been exhausted and Kiev can continue to rely on aid. German Chancellor ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has publicly accused Javier Milei of ruining his country and “trampling people underfoot.” ...

German lawmakers have voted to suspend family reunions for many migrants. It's part of a drive by the new conservative-led ...

Friedrich Merz won a second-chance vote to become Germany’s chancellor on Tuesday afternoon, rebounding from a morning defeat in Parliament that threatened to hobble the next government before ...

The incoming German chancellor campaigned as a debt hawk. Then a source told him about Trump’s plans for NATO.

Friedrich Merz, chancellor candidate of Germany's Christian Democrats, reacts following the announcement of initial results in snap federal parliamentary elections Feb. 23, 2025, in Berlin, Germany.

Friedrich Merz’s halting path to the chancellor’s office inflamed his challenges at home and abroad, including a threat from the far right. Listen to this article · 5:44 min Learn more.