Friedrich Merz, vice president of the German Bundestag, has called for the immediate delivery of Taurus long-range missiles ...

Vice Chairman of the German Bundestag Omid Nuripour has called on new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to agree on the ...

First failed vote highlights Germany’s new head of government has a thin majority to deliver an ambitious programme ...

Friedrich Merz has secured a majority in the second round of voting at the German Bundestag, averting a constitutional crisis ...

Conservative leader scrapes together just enough votes to claim Germany’s top job — but he’s weakened already.

His countrymen, he declares, will have to ‘engage’ with the AfD, ‘factually and on substance.’ ...

Wolfgang Schröder, 60 years old, professor of political science at the University of Kassel, is among the most listened-to ...

The session of Germany’s Bundestag started in a festive mood with greetings for dignitaries there to witness a peaceful ...

Friedrich Merz failed to be elected German chancellor Tuesday, after he fell short of securing a majority in a shock ...

For the first time since the founding of the Federal Republic, two rounds of voting were necessary to elect a chancellor.

Social Democratic coalition, Friedrich Merz, suffered a shock defeat Tuesday in his bid to become chancellor after failing to ...

On the second attempt, Friedrich Merz secured parliamentary backing as Germany’s new chancellor. The result paves the way for ...