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

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

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President Trump plans to meet with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz next week in Washington, D.C., in the first meeting between the two leaders.

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.

Europe News: Friedrich Merz was elected as Germany’s new chancellor on Tuesday after winning the second round of voting, just hours after his unprecedented failure.

Euronews takes a look through the top 10 photos of the day, during which CDU leader Friedrich Merz both lost and then won enough votes to be elected as German chancellor.

Friedrich Merz has succeeded in becoming Germany's new Chancellor after a defeat in the first round of voting.

Europe News: Friedrich Merz, 69, a conservative stalwart and longtime rival of Angela Merkel, was elected Germany’s 10th postwar chancellor on Tuesday after a dram.

Friedrich Merz clinches German chancellorship in a second-round vote, overcoming a historic first-ballot setback.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz calls for renewed Franco-German cooperation Friedrich Merz says a reset in relations is vital to help Europe overcome its security and economic ‘challenges’.