Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is weighing how to confront the Alternative for Germany party, which has been rising in ...

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

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 ...

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Despite its designation as extremist by the country's intelligence services, the AfD's growing strength poses an immediate challenge to incoming conservative chancellor Friedrich Merz, who takes ...

But in a sign of the challenges he faces, Mr. Merz fell six votes short in a first vote in Parliament. He now faces a second round of voting and is expected to eventually prevail. Mr. Merz ...

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

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