Mr Merz won February’s federal election by promising decisive action to tackle the many challenges facing Germany. He said he ...

Merz is seeking to take the helm of the European Union’ s most populous member after the previous chancellor's government ...

Friedrich Merz suffers a dramatic defeat in the Budestag, failing to win a majority in a parliamentary vote to ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor on Tuesday, ...

Merz, the leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), received 310 votes in the Bundestag, six short of the ...

Because the vote is held by secret ballot, it is not immediately clear — and might never be known — who had defected from ...

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz suffered a serious blow today when he failed to win a parliamentary majority in ...

Which of the ruling coalition's detupats voted against Merz's election is unknown, as the vote was secret. On the morning of ...

The failure of the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz in the first round of voting in the ...

Friedrich Merz is widely expected to be sworn in as chancellor this morning, following a vote by lawmakers in the lower house ...