Friedrich Merz plunged straight into international crises on his first full day as Germany's new chancellor Wednesday, ...

In a historic first, conservative leader Friedrich Merz 's bid to become Germany's 10th chancellor since World War II failed ...

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

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected in a second ballot by lawmakers as post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor ...

Friedrich Merz on Tuesday became Germany's chancellor, succeeding in a second-round parliamentary vote after initially ...

Friedrich Merz has won parliament’s backing to become Germany’s chancellor at the second attempt after a surprise failure ...

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

Friedrich Merz, 69, a conservative stalwart and longtime rival of Angela Merkel, was elected Germany’s 10th postwar ...

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

Merz had expected to win the votes of at least 316 of the 630 votes in the lower house of parliament, but he was backed by ...

German parliament elected Friedrich Merz in a dramatic second round of voting, after he failed to secure an absolute majority ...

China’s president tells new chancellor their countries’ relationship can ‘guide China-EU cooperation in the right direction’.