Friedrich Merz is Germany's new head of government. However, he needed an unprecedented second vote to secure the necessary ...

The CDU party leader was confirmed as Germany's chancellor on Tuesday in a second vote after a tumultuous first round saw him ...

Friedrich Merz has succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round.

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

Merz launched his political comeback after Merkel stepped down as CDU leader in 2018 and announced that she wouldn't seek a fifth term as chancellor. However, he was narrowly defeated by centrist ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Friedrich Merz's unprecedented first-round failure in the vote to make him German chancellor on Tuesday ...

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

...And he's made it. In the second round, Friedrich Merz won the parliamentary vote to become the next German chancellor ...

Their deal has mapped out plans to revive growth, such as reducing corporate taxes and lowering energy prices.

Conservative Merz becomes 10th chancellor after successfully forming coalition with Social Democrats, receiving parliamentary ...

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