Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German president since 2017, is a former leader of the Social Democrats who in 2009 led his ...

Friedrich Merz has 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 ...

Germany’s Friedrich Merz has failed to win an initial parliamentary vote that would have confirmed his ascension to chancellor, an unprecedented and unexpected twist that extends political uncertainty ...

A coalition deal in Germany has paved the way for conservative leader Friedrich Merz to become the country's 10th chancellor since World War II ... our security, for economic growth, secure ...

BERLIN — German election winner Friedrich ... May 6 to elect Merz as chancellor. In that vote, Merz will need a majority of all members of the house to be elected as post-World War II Germany ...

Wadephul, 62, will succeed Annalena Baerbock of the Greens as Germany's top diplomat. A member of Germany's parliament since ...

Friedrich Merz of the CDU is expected to become the ... as well as domestic political pressure from rising far-right support and economic stagnation in Germany. Conservative and center-left ...

Friedrich Merz is poised to ... and that will only be possible when the economic forecast turns more positive and the refugee numbers fall." Merz was initially considered a strong candidate ...