For the first time in nearly six decades, a member of the center-right Christian Democrat party is leading Germany’s Foreign ...

Friedrich Merz now heads the German government. He has vowed to make foreign policy a top priority, visiting France and Poland on his first day in office.

Beyond the immediate neighbourhood, positioning Germany towards the US, China and Israel are high on the agenda. In line with ...

Friedrich Merz's political career began on the foreign stage. From 1989-1994, he served as a member of European Parliament, focusing on financial policy. Now, as German chancellor three decades ...

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

In Berlin, Friedrich Merz was elected Germany’s chancellor, but not without a surprising setback. For the first time in ...

Mr Merz’s commitment to restoring a long-absent German voice to European and international debates is not in doubt, and he ...

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

“We will only be able to meet these challenges if France and Germany ... But in a potential shift towards a more unified German foreign policy, Merz now presides over a government in which ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz on Tuesday became Germany’s next chancellor after succeeding to form a coalition with the ...

BERLIN/PARIS/WARSAW - Germany's new chancellor Friedrich Merz signalled a new start in relations with European partners ...

Merz wants to change this ... and European integration is no longer a sure-fire thing. No one is creating more challenges for German foreign policy at the moment than Donald Trump. Alongside doubts ...