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

Friedrich Merz was elected as Germany’s new chancellor on Tuesday after winning the second round of voting, just hours after ...

Merz's bid to become Germany's 10th chancellor since World War II ended in a surprising setback on Tuesday. In a secret ballot, he fell short of the required 316 votes, receiving only 310. This result ...

Germany’s parliament has confirmed Freidrich Merz as the country’s new chancellor, but only after he suffered the indignity ...

BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany’s next chancellor, drawing applause ...

Because the vote is held by secret ballot, it is not immediately clear — and might never be known — who defected from Merz's ...

But his win was bittersweet after the initial defeat – the first ... calling the first-round result a “good day for Germany”. Merz has vowed a crackdown on irregular migration, in part ...

Friedrich Merz was expected to win the vote to become Germany's chancellor smoothly. No candidate in postwar Germany had failed to win on the first ballot.

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz won on Tuesday a nailbiter second vote in parliament to become chancellor after he lost the first round in a stunning early setback.

Merz bounces back to take the top job as Germany braces for economic headwinds, rising global tensions and an expectant ...