Friedrich Merz secured the top job but only after losing on his first attempt, a surprise that potentially weakens his ...

China's President Xi Jinping congratulated Friedrich Merz on Tuesday after he was elected chancellor by the German parliament ...

Germany’s Friedrich Merz has formally become chancellor at the second attempt, hours after an unprecedented defeat signaled ...

Friedrich Merz needed a surprise second vote to clear parliament.

Merz won in a second round of voting after failing to secure an absolute majority in an earlier round.

Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor in a major blow.

Friedrich Merz's unprecedented first-round failure in the vote to make him German chancellor on Tuesday gave a boost to the ...

Center-right politician Friedrich Merz was elected as German chancellor Tuesday in a second vote just hours after his ...

Friedrich Merz reacts after he failed to be elected new chancellor in the first voting process at the German federal ...

Friedrich Merz succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he ...

It was the first time in Germany’s postwar history that a chancellor-designate has failed to win an absolute majority.