Friedrich Merz now heads the German government. He has vowed to make foreign policy a top priority, visiting France and ...

All members of the European Union must boost their defence spending to fill gaps in the bloc's capabilities and secure ...

Merz won in a second round of voting after failing to secure an absolute majority in an earlier round.

Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by parliament in a second round of voting after an unprecedented defeat on the first ...

Berlin is back on the global stage. But can the newly elected German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, deliver where the ...

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sets off on his first trip abroad on Wednesday to France and Poland in a bid to renew ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with French President Emmanuel Macron. Merz made his first foreign trip as chancellor, ...

Beyond the immediate neighbourhood, positioning Germany towards the US, China and Israel are high on the agenda. In line with ...

“Mr. Merz is now the hope of Europe,” said Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, director of the German Council on Foreign Relations, citing the void that Germany, Europe’s largest economy, left after ...

Friedrich Merz receives 325 votes in the second round of voting, hours after a shock defeat in the first ballot.