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

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German president since 2017, is a former leader of the Social Democrats who in 2009 led his ...

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected as the country's next chancellor. Newsweek's live blog is ...

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

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

Friedrich Merz was poised to be sworn in as chancellor but did not win enough votes in parliament, usually a symbolic step.

Friedrich Merz’s unprecedented failure to win election as German chancellor in the first round of voting in parliament has ...

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

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

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