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

The morning of May 6th was meant to be a routine final stage in the choreography of the handover of power to Friedrich Merz ...

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

Hours after he suffered a historic defeat, Friedrich Merz was elected as German chancellor on Tuesday. The leader of the ...

Merz has been widely expected to become the leader of Europe's largest economy following Germany's federal election in ...

Friedrich Merz is poised to become chancellor at a challenging time for Germany. But in a first round of voting in Parliament ...

Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, is expected to become Germany’s next chancellor. But on Tuesday, he failed ...

It was the first time in Germany’s postwar history that a chancellor-designate has failed to win an absolute majority.

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

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) supports a second vote in parliament for chancellor taking place on Wednesday, ...

New polling shows how people in different nations view the war’s end — and the chances of a new war.

The conservative politician lost a first-round parliamentary vote to become leader, an upset that spells fresh uncertainty ...