With the assumption of office by Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz as Chancellor of Germany 6 May, ...

Friedrich Merz clinches German chancellorship in a second-round vote, overcoming a historic first-ballot setback.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected by lawmakers as the country's 10th chancellor on Tuesday, hours after ...

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz was successfully elected chancellor of the country Tuesday after a historic ...

Friedrich Merz was expected to win the vote to become Germany's chancellor smoothly. No candidate in postwar Germany had failed to win on the first ballot.

German lawmakers are to vote on the next chancellor again, hours after Friedrich Merz failed to win the first round in parliament in a historic defeat ...

Friedrich Merz, the conservative leader who was poised to become Germany’s next chancellor, failed to win enough votes to ...

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

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

The new German government took office on Tuesday under the leadership of Chancellor Friedrich Merz, less than three months ...