Friedrich Merz secured the top job but only after losing on his first attempt, a surprise that potentially weakens his ...

Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that simply banning the far-right Alternative for Germany would not ...

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

Friedrich Merz's unprecedented first-round failure in the vote to make him German chancellor on Tuesday gave a boost to the ...

Friedrich Merz succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he ...

Friedrich Merz’s unprecedented failure to win election as German chancellor in the first round of voting in parliament has ...

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

Hours after he suffered a historic defeat, Friedrich Merz was elected as German chancellor on Tuesday. The leader of the ...

Germany's parliament will hold a second vote on Tuesday on backing Friedrich Merz as chancellor after the veteran ...

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

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

It was the first time in Germany’s postwar history that a chancellor-designate has failed to win an absolute majority.