Bundestag confirmed Friedrich Merz as Germany's new chancellor in a successful second vote after he unexpectedly lost an ...

Germany’s new interior minister says the new government plans to station more police at the border to curb illegal migration ...

The unprecedented bombshell Bundestag vote on Tuesday that briefly paused the confirmation of Friedrich Merz as Germany’s new ...

A German spy agency deems the party a threat to the “democratic order,” but voters say otherwise—should they be silenced, too ...

For the first time since the founding of the Federal Republic, two rounds of voting were necessary to elect a chancellor.

Wolfgang Schröder, 60 years old, professor of political science at the University of Kassel, is among the most listened-to ...

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

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

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz was successfully elected chancellor of the country Tuesday after a historic ...

Friedrich Merz secured Germany’s chancellorship Tuesday after overcoming an initial parliamentary defeat that had thrown his and Germany’s political future ...

The CDU party leader was confirmed as Germany's chancellor on Tuesday in a second vote after a tumultuous first round saw him fall six votes short. Bundestag confirmed Friedrich Merz as Germany's ...