He stressed record defense spending as key to NATO ties, while clashing with the far right.German Chancellor Friedrich Merz ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday France and Germany should stick to prior agreements on the configuration ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expects his government to take decisions on a possible reform of Germany's strict debt rules ...

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected as the country's next chancellor. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

A coalition deal secured Friedrich Merz's victory as Germany's chancellor after a first-ever loss in the first round.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to meet President Trump at the White House, where they are expected to discuss issues including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, as well as tariffs and trade.

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.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, a day after meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, that he encountered a U.S. administration open to discussion.

Merz's office said the new German leader, who took the helm of Europe's biggest economy on May 6, will meet Trump on Thursday — the first in-person meeting between the two.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor in a major blow.

Germany’s new chancellor urges US officials to stay out of his country’s politics “That is our business,” said Friedrich Merz, speaking on his first full day in office.

Friedrich Merz was meant to be riding to Europe’s rescue. Instead, he has fallen flat on his face. The chancellor-in-waiting was forced to stay in waiting, after a humiliating defeat on Tuesday ...