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

BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in ...

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

Friedrich Merz was poised to be sworn in as chancellor but did not win enough votes in parliament, usually a symbolic step.

The conservative politician lost a first-round parliamentary vote to become leader, an upset that spells fresh uncertainty ...

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

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Merz won in a second round of voting after failing to secure an absolute majority in an earlier round.

The meeting between the two leaders was an attempt to revive the stalled 'Franco-German motor' before Germany's new ...

Conservative Friedrich Merz is set to be sworn in on Tuesday as Germany's new chancellor at a critical juncture as the ...

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