Friedrich Merz now heads the German government. He has vowed to make foreign policy a top priority, visiting France and Poland on his first day in office.During his election campaign, Friedrich Merz ...

Germany's new chancellor Friedrich Merz signalled a new start in relations with European partners France and Poland, but ...

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

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

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

While already planned, the trip comes only a day after Merz was elected chancellor by parliament on the second round of ...

Mr Merz’s commitment to restoring a long-absent German voice to European and international debates is not in doubt, and he ...

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.

Germany's new coalition government will be sworn in on May 6, with chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz picking close allies ...

Mr. Merz, a conservative with 36 years of experience in federal ... as an anchor of stability and a pro-European powerhouse,” the European Council on Foreign Relations’s Jana Puglierin posted ...

During his election campaign, Friedrich Merz complained frequently that Germany's closest foreign policy partnership — with France — had been neglected under the government of his predecessor, Olaf ...