Three years ago Merz returned from the political wilderness to secure the leadership of the centre-right Christian Democratic ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has won a parliament vote to become Germany's next chancellor at the second attempt. Merz ...

Conservative leader scrapes together just enough votes to claim Germany’s top job — but he’s weakened already.

Germany’s acknowledgment of its responsibility to Ukraine for the crimes of National Socialism will strengthen its support ...

Friedrich Merz has secured a majority in the second round of voting at the German Bundestag, averting a constitutional crisis ...

In an extraordinary day of political turbulence in Berlin, Friedrich Merz, the long-time leader of Germany’s Christian ...

Europe is marking one of its most joyous days in history. The 80th anniversary of the end of World War II on the continent ...

For the first time in nearly six decades, a member of the center-right Christian Democrat party is leading Germany’s Foreign ...

First failed vote highlights Germany’s new head of government has a thin majority to deliver an ambitious programme ...

Merz was six votes short of being elected by the majority of Germany’s 630 parliamentarians. His coalition, which consists of ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz ‘s bid to become Germany ‘s 10th chancellor since the second World War failed in the first ...