New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has attended the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican. German Chancellor ...

Germany's domestic intelligence agency has officially designated the country's main opposition party a right-wing extremist ...

For all these reasons, we are rooting for the success of Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz. He is a 69-year-old lawyer ...

Germany has tightened its border controls, and interior minister Alexander Dobrindt announced increased measures against ...

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz talks about his private exchanges with U.S. President Donald Trump, his own lack of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Friedrich Merz received a rude shock on the morning of May 6, 2025, ...

US President Donald Trump’s secretary of state Marco Rubio accused the German state of “tyranny in disguise”, further ...

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

Germany under new Chancellor Friedrich Merz surprised NATO allies on Thursday by signalling plans to massively boost defence ...

Margot Friedlaender, a Holocaust survivor who played an important role in Germany's remembrance culture ensuring the ...

In a wide-ranging speech in the Bundestag, the German Chancellor outlined his new government's priorities, including a plan ...