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

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

As friends do, France and Germany have supported each other through recent calamities, too. Chancellor Angela Merkel sped to ...

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is set to host the leaders of China, Brazil and other heads of states for festivities on ...

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

Friedrich Merz has succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel was no longer present when lawmakers elected conservative leader Friedrich Merz as the ...

Friedrich Merz lost the first round of votes Tuesday morning in a historic defeat, but ultimately prevailed hours later on ...

It was the first time in Germany’s postwar history that a chancellor-designate has failed to win an absolute majority.

Former Chancellor Angela Merkel was among several special guests watching on from the gallery as parliament prepared to elect ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party claims the classification, made by the country's domestic intelligence ...