The European Union is ready to impose tougher sanctions on Russia if progress on ending the war in Ukraine is not made this ...

Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that ...

Friedrich Merz succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has issued a powerful ultimatum to Russia President Vladimir Putin to either make real progress toward ending the Ukraine war this week—or face crippling new EU ...

The conservative politician had unexpectedly failed to secure enough support in the initial round of parliamentary voting.

The German government will stop publishing details of military aid to Ukraine, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Saturday ...

Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany's 10th post-World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career ...

Merz' appointment ends six months of political deadlock in the country after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor in a major blow.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz did not rule out common European Union borrowing for defence during a trip to Brussels on ...

Supporters of Mr. Merz, a former corporate lawyer, say he is well-prepared and thoughtful, but critics accuse him of failing ...

Incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz in Valencia, Spain, on Tuesday. (Eva Manez/Reuters) BERLIN — The sturdiest pillars of Germany’s domestic and international identity have been ...