Friedrich Merz suffered a rocky start as Germany’s new leader. It’s the first time since World War II that an incoming ...

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

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

His countrymen, he declares, will have to ‘engage’ with the AfD, ‘factually and on substance.’ ...

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

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

The win — on his second try — paves the way for him to take charge of Europe’s biggest economy but with his authority ...

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 ...

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

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

Friedrich Merz made his world-affairs debut on Wednesday (May 5, 2025) as Germany ’s new Chancellor, with plans to ...