New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Wednesday he will work to bring Europe and the U.S. together in their approach to ...

Germany's domestic intelligence agency said Thursday it will await a court ruling before moving forward with plans to classify the ...

Germany's new government plans to station more police at the border to curb illegal migration and even turn away some of the ...

When Wicklow man Brian Hughes stopped off in Groomsport to buy an ice-cream while on holiday, he had no idea how life changing it would prove to be. Beside the freezer was a stack of out-of-date ...

His appointment ends six months of political deadlock in the country after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government in November. But Merz’s initial defeat cast doubt on the ...

Merz won election with 325 votes on the second try, but significant damage has been done. He is taking office “with two black ...

They are joined by the center-left Social Democrats led by outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who lost the national election in February. Upon announcing the second vote, the head of the Union bloc ...

In a historic first, conservative leader Friedrich Merz ’s bid to become Germany’s 10th chancellor since World War II failed ...

(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) Friedrich Merz, right, talks to outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Tuesday, May 6 ...

(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) FILE -Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), left, and Friedrich Merz, right, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), are pictured ...