Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s €46 billion ($53 billion) package of tax breaks was approved by German upper-house lawmakers, the ...

He stressed record defense spending as key to NATO ties, while clashing with the far right.German Chancellor Friedrich Merz ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has reaffirmed Germany's determination to take a leading role in European defence amid the ...

Friedrich Merz won the vote to become the next German chancellor on Tuesday after a second vote in parliament, hours after an unprecedented defeat in the first round of voting.

Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany's next chancellor with 325 votes. That means nearly every lawmaker in his coalition voted in his favor. Another 289 lawmakers voted against, ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is optimistic that the European Union can agree a trade deal with the United States by the ...

Friedrich Merz won a second-chance vote to become Germany’s chancellor on Tuesday afternoon, rebounding from a morning defeat in Parliament that threatened to hobble the next government before ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to meet President Trump at the White House, where they are expected to discuss issues including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, as well as tariffs and trade.

Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor of Germany after facing a historic loss in the Bundestag. In the second round, 325 lawmakers voted for Merz, bringing him past the 316-vote threshold.

BERLIN, May 6 (Reuters) - German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor on Tuesday in a major blow that threw politics in Europe's ...

Merz's office said the new German leader, who took the helm of Europe's biggest economy on May 6, will meet Trump on Thursday — the first in-person meeting between the two.

Friedrich Merz was meant to be riding to Europe’s rescue. Instead, he has fallen flat on his face. The chancellor-in-waiting was forced to stay in waiting, ...