Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that ...

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

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

Supporters of Mr. Merz, a former corporate lawyer, say he is well-prepared and thoughtful, but critics accuse him of failing ...

Friedrich Merz won the vote to become the next German chancellor on Tuesday after a second vote in parliament, hours after an unprecedented defeat in the first round of voting.

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

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

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

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

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

Friedrich Merz plunged straight into international crises on his first full day as Germany’s new chancellor Merz urged India ...