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

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

At least a dozen members of Merz’s proposed coalition failed to back him in the first vote on Tuesday — despite his coalition ...

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

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

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

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

The leader of the German conservative bloc of CDU/CSU parties, Friedrich Merz, received the required majority of votes and ...

Friedrich Merz has been confirmed as the new chancellor of Germany after a second vote in the country’s parliament, hours ...

Friedrich Merz's unprecedented failure to win election as German chancellor in the first round of voting in parliament raises doubts about the new government's ability to push Europe's largest economy ...