Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is weighing how to confront the Alternative for Germany party, which has been rising in the polls.

New Chancellor faces economic stall as the U.S. questions security alliance and stirs a trade war.

Center-right politician Friedrich Merz was elected as German chancellor Tuesday in a second vote just hours after his historic defeat in a bid to lead the country.

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt issued an order on Wednesday to reject undocumented migrants, including asylum seekers, at the country's borders, on the first day of work for the new coalition government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

Germany's new interior minister has issued orders to reject undocumented migrants and wants to deploy thousands more police officers at the country's borders, Bild newspaper reported on Wednesday, the first day of work for a new government under migration hardliner Friedrich Merz.

Germany's new Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt says it will be possible to reject asylum seekers at the country's borders from now on. Speaking in Berlin, Dobrindt, who has only been in the post for hours since the new conservative-led government took office on Tuesday,