Friedrich Merz’s unprecedented failure to win election as German chancellor in the first round of voting in parliament has raised doubts about his new government’s ability to carry through on plans to ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded in becoming Germany’s next Federal Chancellor on Tuesday, after overturning a ...

Friedrich Merz, third from right, listens to a debate ahead of a second round of vote at the Bundestag in Berlin, 6 May 2025 ...

BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in ...

Germany’s legislature, the Bundestag, on Tuesday elected Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), as ...

Merz, 69, who led his conservatives to a federal election victory in February and has signed a coalition deal with the centre ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany’s next chancellor, drawing applause and a palpable ...

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