Bundestag confirmed Friedrich Merz as Germany's new chancellor in a successful second vote after he unexpectedly lost an ...

The co-leader of Germany’s most popular party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), was visibly amused on Tuesday morning when Friedrich Merz, the head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), lost the ...

Friedrich Merz fails to secure chancellor majority in Bundestag, delaying Germany’s new government formation and triggering ...

Wolfgang Schröder, 60 years old, professor of political science at the University of Kassel, is among the most listened-to ...

For the first time since the founding of the Federal Republic, two rounds of voting were necessary to elect a chancellor.

Friedrich Merz did not receive enough votes in the first round of voting in the Bundestag for the future Chancellor of ...

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

BERLIN (Reuters) -German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor ...

First failed vote highlights Germany’s new head of government has a thin majority to deliver an ambitious programme ...

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz was successfully elected chancellor of the country Tuesday after a historic ...

The CDU party leader was confirmed as Germany's chancellor on Tuesday in a second vote after a tumultuous first round saw him fall six votes short. Bundestag confirmed Friedrich Merz as Germany's ...