Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that ...

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

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

Supporters of Mr. Merz, a former corporate lawyer, say he is well-prepared and thoughtful, but critics accuse him of failing ...

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

The leader of Germany's Christian Democrat-Social Democratic coalition, Friedrich Merz, suffered a shock defeat Tuesday in ...

Friedrich Merz has plunged straight into international crises on his first full day as Germany’s new chancellor. He presented ...

Merz' appointment ends six months of political deadlock in the country after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ...

Friedrich Merz won the vote to become the next German chancellor on Tuesday after a second vote in parliament, hours after an unprecedented defeat in the first round of voting.

The German government will stop publishing details of military aid to Ukraine, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Saturday ...

Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by parliament in a second round of voting after an unprecedented defeat on the first ...