New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged U.S. officials to refrain from interfering in his country’s politics in an ...

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

The far-right Alternative für Deutschland called for fresh elections after Friedrich Merz's initial defeat in his bid to ...

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

Germany was long a beacon of stability in Europe, its politics often reassuringly boring. "Germany and Europe need a strong ...

BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany’s next chancellor, drawing applause ...

Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, became Germany’s next chancellor after a surprising setback in parliament ...

Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius -- who has led the push to make the military "ready for war" so it doesn't have to ...

Representatives for Germany's center-right Union bloc and the center-left Social Democrats on Monday formally signed a ...