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

Friedrich Merz secured 325 votes, surpassing the 316 needed for a majority, while 289 deputies opposed his candidacy, with one abstention ...

Friedrich Merz’s bid to become Germany’s 10th chancellor has failed in the first round of voting in parliament by six votes.

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

By Madeline Chambers and Thomas Seythal BERLIN (Reuters) -German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by ...

The morning of May 6th was meant to be a routine final stage in the choreography of the handover of power to Friedrich Merz ...

Friedrich Merz’s unprecedented failure to win election as German chancellor in the first round of voting in parliament has raised doubts about his new government’s ability to carry through on plans to ...

The swearing in of the center-right candidate Friedrich Merz as Germany’s next chancellor was considered a formality, but he ...

Friedrich Merz lost the first round of votes Tuesday morning in a historic defeat, but ultimately prevailed hours later on ...

Germany's Friedrich Merz won enough votes on Tuesday to become the country's new chancellor after a second round of ...

Friedrich Merz has finally succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round. The conservative ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges Germany for greater European and transatlantic leadership following Friedrich ...