Germany was long a beacon of stability in Europe, its politics often reassuringly boring. "Germany and Europe need a strong ...

Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, became Germany’s next chancellor after a surprising setback in parliament ...

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

The far-right Alternative für Deutschland called for fresh elections after Friedrich Merz's initial defeat in his bid to ...

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

BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany’s next chancellor, drawing applause ...

The German Bundestag today elected Friedrich Merz as the new Chancellor of Germany following the Christian Democratic Union’s ...

The Merz government is undoubtedly the most reactionary and anti-working class government since the fall of the Nazi regime ...

Friedrich Merz's unprecedented first-round failure in the vote to make him German chancellor on Tuesday gave a boost to the ...