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

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

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

Faced with a triumphant far-right AfD demanding new elections, the opposition Greens and the Left party — who Merz had ...

In Germany, Friedrich Merz was elected as chancellor Tuesday in a second round of parliamentary voting, just hours after he ...

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

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

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz won a nail-biter second vote in parliament Tuesday to become chancellor after he ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last Friday Germany should reverse course on branding the AfD as "extremist," while ...

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