German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has had an uncertain start to his tenure. John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images Friedrich Merz received a rude shock on the morning of May 6, 2025, as he prepared to lose the “in-waiting” qualifier from his title as ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, making his New Year’s Eve address, said the change would force Europe to do more to defend itself.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz touched on war in Ukraine, increased defense spending, changing ties to the US, technological upheaval, industrial stagnation, sluggish reforms, migration and more in his New Year's address.

Atop a fragile ruling coalition, Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, will have to learn to live with the elephant in the living room: Alternative für Deutschland. The AfD is not only Germany’s biggest opposition party in the Bundestag: According ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday paid tribute to the achievements of Konrad Adenauer, the first chancellor of post-war Germany who would have turned 150 today. Steinmeier, who was celebrating his own 70th birthday on the same date,

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is heading to India. In the face of US tariffs, Russian threats and an uncertain China, Germany is courting the Asian giant as a trading and geopolitical partner. But it's not so easy.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met on Monday in the Indian city of Gandhinagar to strengthen economic and security ties

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, on his first visit to Asia since taking office last year, was accompanied by a large business delegation to emphasise the importance of bolstering economic ties with India amid unpredictability created by US trade policies.