When I was a young foreign service officer we briefed the president on foreign leaders with whom he would meet. I doubt such ...

View Friedrich Merz’s Fast Facts on CNN and learn about the chancellor of Germany.

By Jana Randow and Marilen Martin June 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM EDT Updated on June 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM EDT Save ...

May 31 (UPI) --President Trump plans to meet with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz next week in Washington, D.C. Merz, who was elected May 6 in a parliamentary election, is scheduled to visit with ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was awarded the prize for advancing EU unity during a ceremony in the city of Aachen. DW brings you the latest headlines from Germany.

Comedian Theo Von was caught on camera recently grabbing the throat of a man at a Nashville bar. Footage obtained by TMZ on Wednesday shows the 45-year-old podcaster at The Twelve Thirty Club on ...

Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said on Wednesday that his country’s ties with China are being “shaped by systemic rivalry and power politics”, in a first major speech to the ...

Friedrich Merz, the new federal chancellor of Germany, brought an unambiguous message to his first visit to Brussels since taking office. "It cannot become the rule that we go into debt at the EU ...

Today marks the birthday of the great economist Friedrich Hayek. Born on this date in 1899 in Vienna, Hayek devoted his life to economic education. Perhaps his best known work is “The Road to ...

Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor of Germany after facing a historic loss in the Bundestag. In the second round, 325 lawmakers voted for Merz, bringing him past the 316-vote threshold. The far ...

Friedrich Merz has won parliament’s backing to become Germany’s chancellor at the second attempt after a surprise failure dealt an early blow to his authority. The 69-year-old Christian ...

BERLIN, May 6 (Reuters) - German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor on Tuesday in a major blow that threw politics in Europe's ...