Germany’s Friedrich Merz has formally become chancellor at the second attempt, hours after an unprecedented defeat signaled ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor in a major blow.

Merz won in a second round of voting after failing to secure an absolute majority in an earlier round.

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

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz was successfully elected chancellor of the country Tuesday after a historic ...

Friedrich Merz secured Germany’s chancellorship Tuesday after overcoming an initial parliamentary defeat that had thrown his and Germany’s political future ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz suffered a historic and unexpected defeat in his bid to become the 10th postwar ...

Germany’s legislature, the Bundestag, on Tuesday elected Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), as ...

Friedrich Merz's loss in the Bundestag election was a surprise. He was considered the favorite since his party won Germany’s ...

Germany's Friedrich Merz has been confirmed as the country's next chancellor in a second vote with a total of 325 votes ...

Merz won confirmation of MPs in a second round of voting after becoming the first ever chancellor candidate to lose in the ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor ...