GERMANY’S new Chancellor Friedrich Merz has finally been confirmed by the country’s parliament just hours after losing a ...

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

Friedrich Merz's bid to become Germany's next chancellor faced a setback as he failed to secure a majority in the Bundestag's ...

Center-right politician Friedrich Merz was elected as German chancellor Tuesday in a second vote just hours after his ...

Merz had expected to win the votes of at least 316 of the 630 votes in the lower house of parliament, but he was backed by ...

Merz won in a second round of voting after failing to secure an absolute majority in an earlier round.

Merz said he will declare a national emergency in order to carry out more border controls and deportations. The move has been ...

Merz won confirmation of MPs in a second round of voting after becoming the first ever chancellor candidate to lose in the first round.

Three years ago Merz returned from the political wilderness to secure the leadership of the centre-right Christian Democratic ...

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

Friedrich Merz becomes Germany’s chancellor amid economic turmoil, coalition instability, and a rising far-right, as Trump’s ...

BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in ...