Bundestag President Julia Klöckner will receive Volodymyr Zelenskyy for talks. One of the topics of the meeting will be the ...

It has been a roller-coaster of a day. Dramatic scenes from the Bundestag after Christian Democratic (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz failed to win enough votes to be elected chancellor. This was the first ...

German chancellor Friedrich Merz saw off a parliamentary rebellion on Friday and narrowly held his coalition together in a ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s ruling coalition secured parliamentary approval for its contentious pension bill, avoiding ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz achieved an absolute majority to pass his pensions bill in parliament, weathering dissent ...

In just six months the 45-year-old CDU politician has failed – twice – to deliver parliamentary majorities. In May, Spahn ...

Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz secured an absolute majority for a flagship pension bill, defusing a parliamentary rebellion that had cast doubt over the viability of his coalition.

German Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that he expects that at the European Council meeting, which will be held on ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s unwieldy ruling alliance with the Social Democrats is facing an existential crisis of its ...

The change means that all 18-year-olds in Germany will be sent a questionnaire from January 2026 asking if they are ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has backed the decision not to fly the rainbow flag on the Reichstag building - which houses the German Parliament - during Berlin Pride celebrations, saying the building "is ...

CNN — (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life Friedrich Merz, chancellor of Germany. Merz has a hardline stance on migration. He has called for asylum-seekers arriving from other European Union member ...