The Left Party’s support was decisive in enabling Merz to take office—a politician who openly works with the far-right AfD on ...

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

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

In Berlin, Friedrich Merz was elected Germany’s chancellor, but not without a surprising setback. For the first time in ...

Merz' appointment ends six months of political deadlock in the country after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ...

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

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

Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by parliament in a second round of voting after an unprecedented defeat on the first ...

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.

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

Germany has a new government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz after President Frank-Walter Steinmeier appointed the country's ...

Mr Merz’s commitment to restoring a long-absent German voice to European and international debates is not in doubt, and he ...