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

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

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

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

Germany’s Friedrich Merz has won a parliamentary vote to become chancellor at the second attempt, hours after an ...

The conservative could still secure the chancellery in a subsequent vote but the miss casts a shadow over his government.

Friedrich Merz is poised to become chancellor at a challenging time for Germany. But in a first round of voting in Parliament ...

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

Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, is expected to become Germany’s next chancellor. But on Tuesday, he failed ...

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

New polling shows how people in different nations view the war’s end — and the chances of a new war.