German Chancellor Friedrich Merz admitted Sunday his coalition had to "do better" as it reeled from a row over a nomination to the country's highest court.

BERLIN, July 13. /TASS/. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said there is no crisis in the ruling coalition of the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and the Social ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told the broadcaster ARD that President Trump's threat of 30% tariffs on goods from the ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said US President Donald Trump’s threat of 30% tariffs would hit exporters in Europe’s ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Sunday said he will work intensively with French President Emmanuel Macron and European ...

The budget debate in the Bundestag was a repulsive spectacle, demonstrating the ruthlessness with which the Social Democrats and Christian Democrats are implementing a reckless programme of rearmament ...

Leonid Slutsky slammed the German chancellor’s actions as a "dead-end policy leading only to a global confrontation" ...

Has Trump killed DEI? Davos might have the answer The World Economic Forum summit, where the liberal cosmopolitan elite gathers to network and self-congratulate, will be an early litmus test for ...

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

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life Friedrich Merz, chancellor of Germany. Personal Birth date: November 11, 1955 Birth place: Brilon, Germany Birth name: Joachim ...

Merz's office said the new German leader, who took the helm of Europe's biggest economy on May 6, will meet Trump on Thursday — the first in-person meeting between the two.