Friedrich Merz won the vote to become the next German chancellor on Tuesday after a second vote in parliament, hours after an ...

Merz has been widely expected to become the leader of Europe’s largest economy following Germany’s federal election in ...

Representatives for Germany's center-right Union bloc and the center-left Social Democrats on Monday formally signed a ...

The SPD’s participation in government under Merz marks a new stage in the decline of the party, whose history began more than ...

stands on the sidelines of a press conference of the CDU/ Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) and Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) party chairmen to present the coalition agreement in ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s bid to become Germany’s 10th chancellor has failed in the first round of voting in ...

Friedrich Merz's loss in the Bundestag election was a surprise. He was considered the favorite since his party won Germany’s federal election in February.

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz was successfully elected chancellor of the country Tuesday after a historic initial defeat on his first ballot, which caused tumult in the ...

Bavarian Premier Markus Söder on Tuesday warned of the consequences for German democracy after his conservative ally ...

The setback is a major embarrassment for the leader of the center-right Christian Democrats, less than three months after ...

The German Trade Union Federation and its affiliates used the May Day rallies over the weekend to pledge their full support ...