And yet Germany’s leaders have struggled to come to grips with the full dimensions of the crisis. The prior government, a three-party coalition helmed by the center-left Social Democratic Party of ...

Friedrich Merz now heads the German government. He has vowed to make foreign policy a top priority, visiting France and ...

In a wide-ranging speech in the Bundestag, the German Chancellor outlined his new government's priorities, including a plan ...

Friedrich Merz now heads the German government. He has vowed to make foreign policy a top priority ... The problem here could be Germany's plans for stricter border controls to combat irregular ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday urged the West not to be divided on Ukraine and said he was working to ensure ...

Merz, a Christian Democrat, wants to end the conflicting messages that came from Berlin in the fractious coalition that preceded his own. He plans to enforce a unified line on foreign policy by ...

In his 1st week as German chancellor, Friedrich Merz launches strict border controls to curb irregular migration while ...

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

PARIS — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz traveled to Paris on his first foreign trip as head of government to meet with ...

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