Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that ...

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

The incoming German government of Friedrich Merz said it will tighten and expand border controls in an effort to combat ...

Germany has launched a new initiative to tighten border controls and temper the flow of undocumented migrants into the ...

GERMANY’S new government will now turn away undocumented immigrants, scrapping former Chancellor Angela Merkel’s “open door” ...

Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, embarks on a diplomatic mission to strengthen ties with France and Poland, balancing contentious issues such as illegal migration and defense financing. Merz ...

Germany’s new government deported four Afghan asylum seekers, marking its first move to enforce stricter immigration policies and border controls.

The newly elected German chancellor vowed to tackle illegal migration as he made his first trip abroad since assuming office ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz on Tuesday became Germany’s next chancellor after succeeding to form a coalition with the ...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor ... policy,” said Piotr Buras, a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Immigration tops the list of concerns for ...

Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in his bid to become ... the Trump administration’s confrontational trade policy, and domestic issues such as the rise of a far-right, anti-immigrant party.