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

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Friedrich Merz clinches German chancellorship in a second-round vote, overcoming a historic first-ballot setback.

Merz had been working to project strength and purpose but instead became mired in political intrigue and division.