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When the CDU/CSU and the SPD sealed their coalition agreement to form the next German government, the would-be chancellor Friedrich Merz proudly announced: “Germany is back on track”. Against a backdrop of considerable geopolitical and geoeconomic challenges, the partners wanted to send clear signal not only to the German public,…

Germany's new government said Wednesday it would reject most asylum seekers at its borders as conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz seeks to limit irregular immigration and curb the rise of the far-right.

The CDU/CSU leader suffered an embarrassing surprise defeat in a first vote that was expected to be a formality

The voting fiasco has shaken the beginning of a leadership that was supposed to signal a new era of stability

The CDU party leader was confirmed as Germany's chancellor on Tuesday in a second vote after a tumultuous first round saw him fall six votes short.

New leader secures 325 votes after humiliating loss in first round inflicted by 18 unnamed coalition rebels

Merz must secure 316 votes in the 630-seat strong lower chamber of German parliament in order to become chancellor.

CDU party leader Friedrich Merz, set to be sworn in as Germany's new chancellor, pledged that the three parties would "vigorously get to work."

‘We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped,’ Germany’s foreign ministry says.