Three years ago Merz returned from the political wilderness to secure the leadership of the centre-right Christian Democratic ...

Conservative leader scrapes together just enough votes to claim Germany’s top job — but he’s weakened already.

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

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

In an extraordinary day of political turbulence in Berlin, Friedrich Merz, the long-time leader of Germany’s Christian ...

Friedrich Merz has secured a majority in the second round of voting at the German Bundestag, averting a constitutional crisis ...

For the first time since the founding of the Federal Republic, two rounds of voting were necessary to elect a chancellor.

Germany’s Friedrich Merz on Tuesday became the first chancellor-in-waiting to fail to form a coalition government at the first attempt. The conservative leader needed 316 votes in the 630-seat ...

On his first full day as German chancellor, Friedrich Merz flew to Paris and Warsaw, stepping up efforts to bring peace to ...

Merz won 325 votes in the 630-member Bundestag, after falling six votes short in the first round.

The CDU party leader was confirmed as Germany's chancellor on Tuesday in a second vote after a tumultuous first round saw him ...

Friedrich Merz fails to secure chancellor majority in Bundestag, delaying Germany’s new government formation and triggering ...