Friedrich Merz has been elected by the German parliament to replace Olaf Scholz as chancellor, a power transition closely ...

World War II veterans watched military aircraft fly over a central Dutch town on Monday as the Netherlands marked the 80th anniversary of its liberation by Allied troops from Nazi German occupation.

No German chancellor had ever failed to win a first round ballot for leader - but Friedrich Merz has become the first.

The German parliament was preparing to hold a second vote to elect a new chancellor on Tuesday afternoon, after Friedrich ...

Friedrich Merz secured parliamentary backing as Germany’s new chancellor on the second attempt, paving the way for the conservative leader to take charge of Europe’s biggest economy but with considera ...

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Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has become Germany’s 10th chancellor since World War II ...

Conservative Merz becomes 10th chancellor after successfully forming coalition with Social Democrats, receiving parliamentary ...

On May 3, 1945, one of the greatest and most silenced maritime tragedies of the 20th century unfolded in the Bay of Lübeck in ...

Friedrich Merz was poised to be sworn in as chancellor but did not win enough votes in parliament, usually a symbolic step.