Merz seemed on course to win with a majority of 13, but failed even to gain a simple majority of one, by six votes. The ...

Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that simply banning the far-right Alternative for Germany would not ...

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

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

Alice Weidel may get the last laugh yet. The co-leader of Germany’s most popular party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), was visibly amused on Tuesday morning when Friedrich Merz, the head of the ...

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

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

His countrymen, he declares, will have to ‘engage’ with the AfD, ‘factually and on substance.’ ...

Germany's next chancellor is set to be conservative leader Friedrich Merz after his party, thee Christian Democratic Union, ...

Because the vote is held by secret ballot, it is not immediately clear — and might never be known — who defected from Merz's ...

BERLIN – Germany’s new Chancellor Friedrich Merz discussed the Ukraine war and trade rows with US President Donald Trump on ...

Friedrich Merz becomes Germany’s chancellor amid economic turmoil, coalition instability, and a rising far-right, as Trump’s ...