AFTER A SECOND vote in parliament today Friedricch Merz finally succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor, ...

Germany has entered uncharted political waters after Friedrich Merz failed, as designated chancellor, to secure a ...

Germany has a new chancellor after Friedrich Merz, chairman of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union, was elected on ...

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

GERMANY’S new Chancellor Friedrich Merz has finally been confirmed by the country’s parliament just hours after losing a ...

BERLIN – Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by the German parliament Tuesday in a second round of voting, after failing to ...

Friedrich Merz's bid to become Germany's 10th chancellor has unexpectedly failed in the first round of parliamentary voting.

At least a dozen members of Merz’s proposed coalition failed to back him in the first vote on Tuesday — despite his coalition ...

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

Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany's 10th post-World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected Germany’s new chancellor on Tuesday, but only after a dramatic second-round ...