Merz' appointment ends six months of political deadlock in the country after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government in November.

Germany's new chancellor Friedrich Merz signalled a new start in relations with European partners France and Poland, but ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who is set to be succeeded by Friedrich Merz next week, held his last Cabinet meeting in Berlin on Wednesday. The 131st and final meeting came three and a half years ...

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

Friedrich Merz secured the top job but only after losing on his first attempt, a surprise that potentially weakens his ...

BERLIN (AP) — German ... country's 10th chancellor since World War II. Merz seeks to take the helm of the 27-nation European Union' s most populous member after outgoing Chancellor Olaf ...

Scholz has been a vocal supporter of Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022. He “reaffirmed Germany’s continued and unwavering solidarity with Ukraine,” the outgoing ...

FILE -Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), left, and Friedrich Merz, right, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), are pictured in tv studio ahead of a ...

SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Lawrence Wong extended congratulations to newly elected German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on May 6, and also thanked Mr Merz’s predecessor Olaf Scholz for strengthening ...

Berlin (AFP) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed on Monday that Germany will keep supporting Ukraine in his final call with President Volodymyr Zelensky, a day before stepping aside to make way for ...