Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany’s chancellor — hours after he failed to win the first round in parliament in a historic defeat. Mr Merz, 69, who succeeds Olaf Scholz, ...

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

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

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

Friedrich Merz lost the first round of votes Tuesday morning in a historic defeat, but ultimately prevailed hours later on ...

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

Germany's Friedrich Merz has been confirmed as the country's next chancellor in a second vote with a total of 325 votes ...

Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany's 10th post-World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career ...

Germany’s Friedrich Merz has won a parliamentary vote to become chancellor at the second attempt, hours after an ...

Germany's domestic intelligence agency last week classified the largest opposition party, the AfD, as "confirmed right-wing ...