While he rebounded in the second round, former Mayer Brown counsel Friedrich Merz's power and influence may be significantly ...

Yet Merz’s cabinet is full of business executives and lacks a strong ... Instead of the one-sided approach of the Merz government, Germany should be embarking on a real and balanced reform of the debt ...

Germany's new cabinet was sworn in on Tuesday. Here are the key names you need to know in everything from foreign policy to ...

BERLIN - German conservative Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move swiftly to reform Europe's largest ... Earlier on Monday the SPD unveiled its cabinet picks, a mix of fresh and well-known ...

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he will work to bring Europe and the U.S. together in their approach to Ukraine.

Merz won confirmation of MPs in a second round of voting after becoming the first ever chancellor candidate to lose in the ...

Pessimism is the German national sport, but the new chancellor will be determined to prove his compatriots wrong.

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.

His appointment reflects the coalition's priority on modernizing Germany's military capabilities in response to global security concerns. Alongside Klingbeil, the SPD has appointed several new ...

BERLIN – The German parliament elected Friedrich Merz as German chancellor on Tuesday, following a massive setback in the ...

Friedrich Merz elected Germany’s chancellor after second vote, overcoming earlier setback and forming a coalition with SPD ...

Friedrich Merz, the Christian Democratic Union's candidate for German Chancellor, failed to secure the required majority in ...