All members of the European Union must boost their defence spending to fill gaps in the bloc's capabilities and secure ...

Friedrich Merz on Tuesday became Germany's chancellor, succeeding in a second-round parliamentary vote after initially ...

Friedrich Merz suffered a rocky start as Germany’s new leader. It’s the first time since World War II that an incoming ...

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to reset ties between their nations and ...

Friedrich Merz has made his world-affairs debut as Germany’s new chancellor. Merz plans to immediately team up with allies ...

New Chancellor faces economic stall as the U.S. questions security alliance and stirs a trade war.

Friedrich Merz is traveling to Paris and Warsaw on Wednesday on his first foreign trip as German chancellor, still reeling ...

The day after his dramatic election in parliament as German chancellor, Friedrich Merz set off on the first trip abroad of ...

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sets off on his first trip abroad on Wednesday to France and Poland in a bid to renew ...

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

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

Merz won in a second round of voting after failing to secure an absolute majority in an earlier round.