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Friedrich Merz Becomes Germany’s Leader After Unexpected Day of Drama
Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that ...
Merz appointed German chancellor hours after unprecedented parliamentary defeat
Germany’s Friedrich Merz has formally become chancellor at the second attempt, hours after an unprecedented defeat signaled ...
Friedrich Merz wins on second ballot to become Germany's chancellor, hours after his historic defeat
Friedrich Merz lost the first round of votes Tuesday morning in a historic defeat, but ultimately prevailed hours later on ...
PHOTO COLLECTION: Germany New Chancellor
Friedrich Merz walks in the plenary after he was not elected new Chancellor in the first voting process at the parliament ...
Merz Falls Short of Majority in Initial German Parliament Vote
Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suffered an embarrassing setback when he fell short of a majority in an initial ...
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Germany’s staid-seeming new chancellor has a mercurial streak
Mr Merz’s prosperous upbringing in the Sauerland, a well-to-do, rural Catholic region in Germany’s west, and his early career ...
Center-left party approves German coalition deal, paving the way for Merz to be elected chancellor
Germany ’s center-left Social Democrats have approved a deal to join a new coalition government, paving the way for ...