Conservative leader scrapes together just enough votes to claim Germany’s top job — but he’s weakened already.

Friedrich Merz has secured a majority in the second round of voting at the German Bundestag, averting a constitutional crisis.

Germany’s Friedrich Merz has formally become chancellor at the second attempt, hours after an unprecedented defeat signaled ...

Bundestag confirmed Friedrich Merz as Germany's new chancellor in a successful second vote after he unexpectedly lost an ...

First failed vote highlights Germany’s new head of government has a thin majority to deliver an ambitious programme ...

Following a failed first vote on Tuesday morning, CDU leader Friedrich Merz has now received 325 of the necessary 316 votes ...

The leader of the CDU/CSU bloc, Friedrich Merz, was not elected as the new chancellor of Germany. He lacked the necessary ...

The unprecedented bombshell Bundestag vote on Tuesday that briefly paused the confirmation of Friedrich Merz as Germany’s new ...

BERLIN – Friedrich Merz will make a second attempt to be confirmed as German chancellor by the parliament on Tuesday after ...

Mr Merz’s commitment to restoring a long-absent German voice to European and international debates is not in doubt, and he ...

Wolfgang Schröder, 60 years old, professor of political science at the University of Kassel, is among the most listened-to ...

Which of the ruling coalition's detupats voted against Merz's election is unknown, as the vote was secret. On the morning of ...