TOM KREBS is Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim, member of the German Minimum Wage Commission, and former ...

Friedrich Merz now heads the German government. He has vowed to make foreign policy a top priority, visiting France and Poland on his first day in office.

In his 1st week as German chancellor, Friedrich Merz launches strict border controls to curb irregular migration while ...

Germany's new government, led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz, plans to increase the number of border police to enforce stricter ...

PARIS — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz traveled to Paris on his first foreign trip as head of government to meet with ...

Germany's new chancellor Friedrich Merz signalled a new start in relations with European partners France and Poland, but ...

“Merz’s chances of achieving this are good. He plans to centralize foreign and European policy in the chancellery — making it the nerve center of decisionmaking,” she said. For the first time in years ...

(Michael Kappeler-Pool/Getty Images) PARIS — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz traveled to Paris on his first foreign trip as ... of security and defense policy,” Merz said.

Friedrich Merz began ... familiar with the plans. Read more. Portugal: ministry investigates ‘mole’ accused of aiding illegal immigrants. The Portuguese ministry of foreign affairs is ...