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

Merz has been widely expected to become the leader of Europe’s largest economy following Germany’s federal election in ...

Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, is expected to become Germany’s next chancellor. But on Tuesday, he failed ...

Representatives for Germany's center-right Union bloc and the center-left Social Democrats on Monday formally signed a ...

Friedrich Merz won the vote to become the next German chancellor on Tuesday after a second vote in parliament, hours after an ...

A coalition deal was evidently not enough to secure Friedrich Merz's victory as he made history with a first-ever loss of its kind after not winning enough votes in the Bundestag.

The setback is a major embarrassment for the leader of the center-right Christian Democrats, less than three months after ...

Merz is seeking to take the helm of the European Union’ s most populous member after the previous chancellor's government ...

Bavarian Premier Markus Söder on Tuesday warned of the consequences for German democracy after his conservative ally ...

Mr. Merz is a product of the Sauerland in Germany’s wealthy west, a region that defines his politics and persona. During his ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected by lawmakers as the country's new chancellor on Tuesday in the second ...