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

Friedrich Merz now heads the German government. He has vowed to make foreign policy a top priority, visiting France and ...

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

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

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

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.

Friedrich Merz says a reset in relations is vital to help Europe overcome its security and economic ‘challenges’.

Merz won in a second round of voting after failing to secure an absolute majority in an earlier round.