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

Conservatives led by Friedrich Merz remain committed to renewables, but say "we must and we will change" an economic policy ...

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

Friedrich Merz is poised to become chancellor at a challenging time for Germany. But in a first round of voting in Parliament ...

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

Background: Pistorius is the only member of outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz's cabinet to take part in the new government as one of Germany's more popular politicians. Former roles: Interior ...

CSU leader Markus Soeder, CDU leader Friedrich Merz and SPD leader Lars Klingbeil stand with the new ministers after signing ...

In Berlin, Friedrich Merz was elected Germany’s chancellor, but not without a surprising setback. For the first time in Germany’s modern history, he lost the parliament’s initial vote and needed a ...

They argued their party was being "discredited and criminalised" shortly before the change of government ... consider ...

“This is part of a systemic strategy to push particular positions from the public square, something that affects in particular people with international biographies, migrant background or those ...

Having studied political science and history at university, Klingbeil has no specialist background ... READ ALSO: Germany's Union and SPD unveil final plans for government As Scholz' star faded ...

Mainstream parties in Germany have refused to cooperate with the AfD, as part of a post-World War II consensus in Germany to block the far right from being part of any government. Alice Weidel ...