French President Emmanuel Macron and Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, have agreed to strengthen cooperation to play ...

In Berlin, Friedrich Merz was elected Germany’s chancellor, but not without a surprising setback. For the first time in ...

Because the vote is held by secret ballot, it is not immediately clear — and might never be known — who defected from Merz's ...

Newly-elected German Chancellor Friedrich Merz presented his government’s vision to the Bundestag on Wednesday, stressing ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has pledged reforms and investment for Europe's biggest economy to transform it once again ...

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Friedrich Merz says a reset in relations is vital to help Europe overcome its security and economic ‘challenges’.

Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that threatened to hobble his new government. Jim Tankersley Christopher F.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday challenged Russia's President Vladimir Putin to meet him personally in ...

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

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced a reset in French-German relations to help Europe overcome the "enormous" ...