Mr Merz’s commitment to restoring a long-absent German voice to European and international debates is not in doubt, and he ...

Friedrich Merz takes office as Germany’s new chancellor under a cloud of uncertainty. With internal dissent, a surging far ...

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

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

Friedrich Merz plunged straight into international crises on his first full day as Germany’s new chancellor Wednesday, ...

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

The leaders of Germany, France, the UK and Poland met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv. DW has the latest.

Meanwhile, Merz is on his first official trip to France and Poland. Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Germany would ensure its tougher migration policies would be "carried out in a way that will not ...

Schuetze Melissa Eddy and Clay Risen Friedrich Merz won a second-chance vote to ... Macron of France and Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland, demonstrating a commitment to two key alliances ...

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

Visiting Paris and Warsaw, Chancellor Friedrich Merz spoke about ... "I think that Merz considers France and Poland, perhaps not as equal partners, but as really important partners for Germany ...

(Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP) Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, right, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attend a joint press conference following their meeting in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday ...