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

Germany’s Friedrich Merz is scrambling to secure his ascension to chancellor, after failing to win over enough lawmakers in ...

A coalition deal was evidently not enough to secure Friedrich Merz's victory as he made history with a first-ever loss of its kind after not winning enough votes in the Bundestag.

Earlier, Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough votes in the Bundestag (the German parliament) to be elected chancellor in the first round ...

Germany’s Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor – failing by just six votes in a ...

German lawmakers will vote again on the next chancellor, hours after Friedrich Merz's historic loss in the first round.

Friedrich Merz was poised to be sworn in as chancellor but did not win enough votes in parliament, usually a symbolic step.

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

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