Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany’s chancellor — hours after he failed to win the first round in parliament in a historic defeat. Mr Merz, 69, who succeeds Olaf Scholz, ...

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’s bid to become Germany’s 10th chancellor has failed in the first round of voting in parliament by six votes.

The German parliament on Tuesday elected Friedrich Merz as Chancellor in a second round of voting. Merz failed in a first ...

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

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

Hours after he suffered a historic defeat, Friedrich Merz was elected as German chancellor on Tuesday. The leader of the ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by parliament on Tuesday in a second round of voting after a ...

The 68-year-old scored an absolute majority of 325 against 289 in the secret vote in the lower house of parliament.

Friedrich Merz has been confirmed as the new chancellor of Germany after a second vote in the country’s parliament – hours ...

Friedrich Merz lost the first round of votes Tuesday morning in a historic defeat, but ultimately prevailed hours later on ...