Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected as new chancellor in the second round of voting in the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament. Merz's failure to win enough support ...

To harm the civilian population to such an extent,” the German chancellor said, “can no longer be justified as a fight ...

Germany and Ukraine strike a deal to jointly develop weapons with "no range restrictions," as the Kremlin says Trump's jabs at Putin are due to him "not being informed." Germany's Friedrich Merz won ...

In his first speech to the Bundestag, the new chancellor emphasized the rearmament of the country and briefly addressed ...

Significantly, Merz began his speech by praising the pro-war and rearmament policies of his predecessor, Olaf Scholz (SPD).

The meeting between the two leaders was an attempt to revive the stalled 'Franco-German motor' before Germany's new ...

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s early decisions suggest that foreign and security policy will be defining features of ...

Post-WWII Germany has long been wary of state power and unfettered spending − and that may stymie new chancellor’s plans.

BERLIN, 6th May, 2025 (WAM) -- The German Bundestag today elected Friedrich Merz as the new Chancellor of Germany following the Christian Democratic Union’s victory in the early elections held last ...

Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, increasingly pitches himself as a pragmatist akin to Angela Merkel. But his mantra ...

Although Friedrich Merz has big ambitions for Germany’s international role, significant domestic pressures remain and will constrain his government’s room for manoeuvre.

Jaishankar held a ”good interaction” with members of the German Bundestag (Parliament), and appreciated their strong support ...