Merz launched his political comeback after Merkel stepped down as CDU leader in 2018 and announced that she wouldn't seek a fifth term as chancellor. However, he was narrowly defeated by centrist ...

BERLIN - Friedrich Merz's unprecedented first-round failure in the vote to make him German chancellor on Tuesday gave a boost ...

Friedrich Merz elected Germany’s chancellor after second vote, overcoming earlier setback and forming a coalition with SPD ...

Friedrich Merz secured 325 votes, surpassing the 316 needed for a majority, while 289 deputies opposed his candidacy, with one abstention ...

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

...And he's made it. In the second round, Friedrich Merz won the parliamentary vote to become the next German chancellor ...

Friedrich Merz has finally succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round. The conservative ...

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

Friedrich Merz’s bid to become Germany’s 10th chancellor has failed in the first round of voting in parliament by six votes.

Friedrich Merz won the vote to become the next German chancellor on Tuesday after a second vote in parliament, hours after an ...

The setback is a major embarrassment for the leader of the center-right Christian Democrats, less than three months after ...

By Madeline Chambers and Thomas Seythal BERLIN (Reuters) -German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by ...