Germany's Friedrich Merz has weighed in on a dispute causing a rift within his ruling coalition. The conservative chancellor ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz insisted on Friday that his conservative-led coalition was on the right course, despite ...

Bundestag confirmed Friedrich Merz as Germany's new chancellor in a successful second vote after he unexpectedly lost an initial round earlier on Tuesday. Merz won 325 votes in favour — higher ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz heads into the summer recess with limited public support, according to a YouGov survey ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hit out at the “unacceptable” right-wing campaign against a liberal judge whose nomination for the country’s highest court has plunged his ruling coalition into crisis ...

The 69-year-old chancellor hoped to use his first summer television interview as German leader to showcase his coalition’s ...

In their statements, Western leaders have reached the point of complete absurdity. This was stated in the social network X by ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government has been in power for two months now. If you believe the opposition, they are doing a ...

He patched together his coalition and won a second vote. In 2017, Mr. Merz had vowed in an interview with Bild magazine to “halve” the AfD vote. Instead, the AfD vote doubled, hitting 10 million in ...

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

2021 – Returns to his previous seat in the Bundestag. January 2022 - After two failed bids for CDU party leadership, in 2018 and 2021, Merz is selected to lead the party.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now Germany’s largest opposition group and even topped several opinion polls – ...