No sooner had Friedrich Merz announced new government positions than accusations of "lobbyism" began to fly. How is lobbying regulated in Germany — and how big a problem is it?

Three years ago Merz returned from the political wilderness to secure the leadership of the centre-right Christian Democratic ...

Conservative leader scrapes together just enough votes to claim Germany’s top job — but he’s weakened already.

Merz was six votes short of being elected by the majority of Germany’s 630 parliamentarians. His coalition, which consists of ...

For the first time since the founding of the Federal Republic, two rounds of voting were necessary to elect a chancellor.

Wolfgang Schröder, 60 years old, professor of political science at the University of Kassel, is among the most listened-to ...

BERLIN – Friedrich Merz will make a second attempt to be confirmed as German chancellor by the parliament on Tuesday after ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has won a parliament vote to become Germany's next chancellor at the second attempt. Merz ...

Friedrich Merz has secured a majority in the second round of voting at the German Bundestag, averting a constitutional crisis.

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected as new chancellor in the second round of voting in the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament. Merz's failure to win enough support ...