On the eve of taking office, incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz and his CDU/CSU-SPD alliance have pledged economic revival, ...

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

FILE -Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), left, and Friedrich Merz, right, leader of the ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is weighing how to confront the Alternative for Germany party, which has been rising in ...

Friedrich Merz has been confirmed as the new chancellor of Germany after a second vote in the country’s parliament, hours ...

SPD chief Lars Klingbeil steps into Germany’s most powerful ministry as his party joins a conservative-led coalition.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor in a major blow.

The parliament will meet May 6 to elect Merz, who will need a majority of all members of the lower house to be elected as ...