Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives slipped into second place behind Germany's far right in a poll marking his ...

His predecessor, Olaf Scholz, faced Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine just 78 days into his term. Angela Merkel, who ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has driven sweeping changes in security, economic and migration policy during his first 100 ...

Friedrich Merz’s first 100 days as chancellor of Germany have marked an assertive shift in the country’s role on the European ...

Merz falls behind far right after backlash as AfD leads polls at 26% while conservatives slip to second place amid policy ...

Germany boosts defense spending to 3.5% of GDP under PM Merz, amending debt laws and strengthening ties with the U.S. amid ...

Ukraine has high hopes for Merz. The new chancellor is expected to finally provide the Taurus, a German cruise missile capable of penetrating bunkers, which Merz’s more liberal predecessor as ...

Merz is due to replace outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz after a vote in the lower house of parliament, or Bundestag, with a result expected at around 9:30 am (0730 GMT).

FILE -Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), left, and Friedrich Merz, right, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), are pictured in tv studio ahead of a ...

Merz received 310 votes in the 630-seat Bundestag, short of the 316 needed to secure his long-awaited election to succeed Olaf Scholz.

Yet because of the AfD’s associations with extremism, Mr. Merz’s party has refused to collaborate with the rightist party, instead choosing to partner with the leftist Social Democrats, the party of ...

Merz’s coalition is led by his center-right Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left Social Democrats join them.