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

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by parliament on Tuesday in a second round of voting after a ...

Lars Klingbeil, believes conservative Friedrich Merz will garner enough support from lawmakers to become chancellor in a ...

A lawmaker for Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) has called for unity as lawmakers were set to vote in a second secret ballot ...

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) backed a coalition deal with the CDU/CSU conservatives on Wednesday in the final step to ...

Germany’s Social Democrats voted in favor of the coalition deal with Friedrich Merz’s conservatives, clearing the way for the ...

Friedrich Merz needed a surprise second vote to clear parliament.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz suffered a historic and unexpected defeat in his bid to become the 10th postwar ...

CDU party leader Friedrich Merz, set to be sworn in as Germany's new chancellor, pledged that the three parties would ...

Friedrich Merz secured Germany’s chancellorship Tuesday after overcoming an initial parliamentary defeat that had thrown his and Germany’s political future ...

A convicted felon in Shreveport has been arrested for allegedly firing a gun during a domestic dispute, police say.

Germany's coalition government has cleared its final hurdle to power after the Social Democrats (SPD) voted in favour of the ...