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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Conservative Merz becomes 10th chancellor after successfully forming coalition with Social Democrats, receiving parliamentary ...

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

BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected in a second ballot by lawmakers as post-World War II Germany’s ...

Friedrich Merz has become Germany's new chancellor after winning a second vote in the country's parliament. He unexpectedly ...

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