Friedrich Merz needed a surprise second vote to clear parliament.

Friedrich Merz reacts after he failed to be elected new chancellor in the first voting process at the German federal ...

Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by parliament in a second round of voting after an unprecedented defeat on the first ...

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

A coalition deal secured Friedrich Merz's victory as Germany's chancellor after a first-ever loss in the first round.

Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz congratulated "His Holiness Pope Leo XIV" on being elected to head the Catholic ...

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

Friedrich Merz was poised to be sworn in as chancellor but did not win enough votes in parliament, usually a symbolic step.

Merz' appointment ends six months of political deadlock in the country after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ...

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

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed concern about Israel's plans to take over the distribution of humanitarian aid ...

BERLIN -- Friedrich Merz made his world-affairs debut Wednesday as Germany’s new chancellor, with plans to immediately team up with allies France and Poland to present a united European front on ...