German Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants to attract more private capital from abroad to Germany. To this end, the conservative ...

In May Merz became the first postwar chancellor to stumble into power on the second vote when he failed to secure an absolute ...

Just over two months in power — and already facing a political crisis. Recently, Friedrich Merz's coalition has been thrown ...

An impassioned debate involving abortion and a plagiarism allegation underscores the German coalition’s relative fragility.

Paragraph 4 of the Bundestag's house rules states that "posting notices, in particular posters, signs, and stickers on doors, ...

The incoming German chancellor campaigned as a debt hawk. Then a source told him about Trump’s plans for NATO.

Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor of Germany after facing a historic loss in the Bundestag. In the second round, 325 lawmakers voted for Merz, bringing him past the 316-vote threshold. The far ...

The budget debate in the Bundestag was a repulsive spectacle, demonstrating the ruthlessness with which the Social Democrats and Christian Democrats are implementing a reckless programme of rearmament ...

The German chancellor’s claim that Israel’s attack on Iran, especially its nuclear site, was legal is extremely shocking.

The German parliament has held a special session for the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. The far-right AfD ...

Today’s unexpected drama in the Parliament, or Bundestag, had politicians across Europe concerned about what Merz’s stumble might mean for a continent that is increasingly looking to Germany ...

Item 1 of 16 Germany's chancellor-in-waiting and leader of the Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) Friedrich Merz speaks during an extraordinary meeting of the German Bundestag, to discuss a ...