Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, became Germany’s next chancellor after a surprising setback in parliament ...

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

Friedrich Merz won the vote to become the next German chancellor on Tuesday after a second vote in parliament, hours after an ...

Merz has been widely expected to become the leader of Europe’s largest economy following Germany’s federal election in ...

Friedrich Merz's loss in the Bundestag election was a surprise. He was considered the favorite since his party won Germany’s ...

Representatives for Germany's center-right Union bloc and the center-left Social Democrats on Monday formally signed a ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s center-left Social Democrats have approved a deal to join a new coalition government, paving the way ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s bid to become Germany’s 10th chancellor has failed in the first round of voting in ...

The SPD’s participation in government under Merz marks a new stage in the decline of the party, whose history began more than ...

The setback is a major embarrassment for the leader of the center-right Christian Democrats, less than three months after ...

Bavarian Premier Markus Söder on Tuesday warned of the consequences for German democracy after his conservative ally ...