BERLIN — The office on the seventh floor of the Chancellery still feels a bit empty. Friedrich Merz (CDU), the newly elected chancellor, has been on the move constantly during his first days in office ...

Shortly after taking office following their swearing-in on May 6, 2025, the new federal government heads straight into the first parliamentary summer break. This traditionally takes place in July and ...

Mr. Merz led his party to victory in February’s elections by promising to curb migration, to revitalize the economy and to reinvigorate the military. He has since been a disrupter of German taboos — ...

Trump said D-Day was "not a great day" for Germany. Merz replied the Normandy invasion marked "the liberation of my country from a Nazi dictator.” WASHINGTON −Another day, another startled leader in ...

In his interview, Trump said countries including Britain, France, Germany, Poland and Sweden were being "destroyed" by migration. He also criticised London Mayor Sadiq Khan, calling him "horrible, ...

U.S. administration’s foreign policy document roils Berlin. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Tuesday that parts of the U.S. administration's new National Security Strategy are terrible from ...

Less than 24 hours after taking office, Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw on Wednesday for two ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz said elements of a new US national security strategy unveiled last week are unacceptable to Europe and advised President Donald Trump to avoid going it alone.