German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has traveled to NATO partner Lithuania to inaugurate a German brigade meant to protect the ...

Merz, 69, who succeeds Olaf Scholz, has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent's security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and Russia's war on Ukraine. Merz’s two-party ...

The number of new homes built in Germany plummeted by 14.4% last year, due to sharply rising interest rates and construction ...

Friedrich Merz succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round.

The far-right Alternative für Deutschland called for fresh elections after Friedrich Merz's initial defeat in his bid to become the country's leader.

With Germany's new government due to take office in days, the leader of Olaf Scholz's center-left SPD party called for a joint decision on dealing with the AfD, including a possible ban.

Germany's outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday cautioned against hasty attempts to ban the far-right AfD, emphasizing that the Constitutional Court has set high thresholds for party ban cases.

More powerful and more precise, the government of former Chancellor Olaf Scholz had refused to send any Taurus equipment over fears Germany could get dragged further into the conflict. An Afghan ...

Germany will get a new Chancellor in CDU chief Friedrich Merz next week. Interestingly, Merz’s minority government has a coalition deal with his rival and former Chancellor, Olaf Scholz’s SPD.