Tag: Friedrich Merz

BERLIN – After just six months in power, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is facing infighting, policy deadlock and sliding poll ratings, undermining its...

BERLIN – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has driven sweeping changes in security, economic and migration policy during his first 100 days in office, but...

FRANKFURT – Chancellor Friedrich Merz visits Lithuania on Thursday to mark the official formation of Germany’s first permanent overseas military unit since World War...

BERLIN – Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz is set to be sworn in as chancellor on Tuesday with a mission to revive the ailing...

Berlin, Germany—German lawmakers gave the green light on Tuesday for a colossal spending boost for defence and infrastructure pushed by chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz amid deep...

BERLIN – Germany’s conservative election winner Friedrich Merz vowed to get to work Monday on the arduous task of building a new coalition government,...

Germany's conservatives swept to victory in Sunday's elections, with their leader Friedrich Merz set to become the next chancellor, followed by the far-right AfD...

BERLIN – After years in which Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been accused of treading lightly on European and world stages, conservative election front-runner...

Five years after Germany let in hundreds of thousands of refugees, many from Syria, the coalition government is at loggerheads over whether to lift...