Conservative leader scrapes together just enough votes to claim Germany’s top job — but he’s weakened already.

Three years ago Merz returned from the political wilderness to secure the leadership of the centre-right Christian Democratic ...

Friedrich Merz, vice president of the German Bundestag, has called for the immediate delivery of Taurus long-range missiles ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has won a parliament vote to become Germany's next chancellor at the second attempt. Merz ...

Vice Chairman of the German Bundestag Omid Nuripour has called on new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to agree on the ...

Merz was six votes short of being elected by the majority of Germany’s 630 parliamentarians. His coalition, which consists of ...

Friedrich Merz has secured a majority in the second round of voting at the German Bundestag, averting a constitutional crisis.

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz ‘s bid to become Germany ‘s 10th chancellor since the second World War failed in the first ...

For the first time since the founding of the Federal Republic, two rounds of voting were necessary to elect a chancellor.

BERLIN – Friedrich Merz will make a second attempt to be confirmed as German chancellor by the parliament on Tuesday after ...

First failed vote highlights Germany’s new head of government has a thin majority to deliver an ambitious programme ...