In an extraordinary day of political turbulence in Berlin, Friedrich Merz, the long-time leader of Germany’s Christian ...

Friedrich Merz has secured a majority in the second round of voting at the German Bundestag, averting a constitutional crisis ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has won a parliament vote to become Germany's next chancellor at the second attempt. Merz ...

Three years ago Merz returned from the political wilderness to secure the leadership of the centre-right Christian Democratic ...

Conservative leader scrapes together just enough votes to claim Germany’s top job — but he’s weakened already.

For the first time since the founding of the Federal Republic, two rounds of voting were necessary to elect a chancellor.

Merz was six votes short of being elected by the majority of Germany’s 630 parliamentarians. His coalition, which consists of ...

For the first time in nearly six decades, a member of the center-right Christian Democrat party is leading Germany’s Foreign ...

Christian Democratic Union leader Friedrich Merz will visit the Elysée for his first trip abroad on Wednesday. Emmanuel ...

New German chancellor and Polish prime minister have unveiled a new spirit of cooperation on issues ranging from defense to ...