The German government Friday dismissed rumours that Chancellor Friedrich Merz's rivals were laying the groundwork to oust him ...

A slight majority of Germans do not believe Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives would perform better in opinion polls ...

One year after taking office, Germany's head of federal government has reached record levels of unpopularity, his coalition ...

Merz’s chancellery is pushing back on reports that the CDU could put forward a new leader as his popularity reaches record lows. | World News ...

Speculation about a move to topple German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is "nonsense," a leading conservative said on Saturday.

In the leadership of the Christian Democratic Union, a scenario for the possible replacement of German Chancellor Friedrich ...

Alice Weidel may get the last laugh yet. The co-leader of Germany’s most popular party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), was visibly amused on Tuesday morning when Friedrich Merz, the head of the ...

As the chancellor struggles at home and the opposition AfD rises ahead of key elections, the Russian president is moving to ...

A coalition deal in Germany has paved the way for conservative leader Friedrich Merz to become the country's 10th chancellor since World War II. As part of the deal, outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ...

Friedrich Merz has made it to the chancellery after a bumpy start. He needed an unprecedented second vote to secure the necessary majority in the Bundestag in what was a historic debacle in German ...

Mr Merz's popularity has cratered, reforms have stalled, and the far right has gained in strength. Read more at ...