Elected in a historic second-round vote, he aims for swift action on growth, migration, and defense. Making his first official address to the Bundestag as Chancellor, Friedrich Merz is laying out an ...

In a wide-ranging speech in the Bundestag, the German Chancellor outlined his new government's priorities, including a plan ...

Leader of the Christian Democrats Friedrich Merz is congratulated by outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz after being elected new chancellor at the German federal parliament ...