Friedrich Merz secured the top job but only after losing on his first attempt, a surprise that potentially weakens his ...

The far-right Alternative für Deutschland called for fresh elections after Friedrich Merz's initial defeat in his bid to ...

Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that simply banning the far-right Alternative for Germany would not ...

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

Friedrich Merz needed a surprise second vote to clear parliament.

Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, became Germany’s next chancellor after a surprising setback in parliament ...

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

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

Friedrich Merz’s unprecedented failure to win election as German chancellor in the first round of voting in parliament has ...

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

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

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