Chancellor Friedrich Merz and far-right opposition leader Alice Weidel are set to face off in the Bundestag on Wednesday, three days after the Alternative for Germany's (AfD) overwhelming victory in ...

BERLIN — Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader Alice Weidel launched a fierce parliamentary attack against German ...

Aid for Ukraine does not come at the expense of social spending, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday, as he accused parties on the far ends of the political spectrum of playing down ...

Merz could also call for a vote of confidence himself, seeking to show that he still has sufficient support within the coalition — or otherwise open the door to snap elections. It’s a scenario that ...

“SO HELP me God,” said Friedrich Merz, Germany’s new chancellor, his right hand aloft as he solemnly recited the oath of office in the Bundestag on May 6th. Earlier in the day Mr Merz, leader of the ...

Three election debacles in two weeks have put Friedrich Merz under immense pressure. The chancellor remains in office for now ...

Germany's chancellor clashes with AfD leader Alice Weidel, saying her migration policy amounts to "ethnic cleansing" for ...

Friedrich Merz failed to get the majority needed to become German chancellor in a parliamentary vote Tuesday. The result marks an unanticipated setback for Merz who was widely expected to secure the ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is floating a once-unthinkable idea in European security: whether Germany should help build — or even field — nuclear weapons of its own as part of a broader effort to ...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz wanted to go down in history. And he did, just not in the way he had hoped. For the first time in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany, a would-be chancellor failed ...