A coalition deal secured Friedrich Merz's victory as Germany's chancellor after a first-ever loss in the first round.

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

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

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany’s next chancellor, drawing applause and a palpable ...

Friedrich Merz was poised to be sworn in as chancellor but did not win enough votes in parliament, usually a symbolic step.

Bloomberg journalists Chris Reiter and Will Wilkes provide timely, brutal diagnoses of the hollowed-out promises of modern ...

Atop a fragile ruling coalition, Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, will have to learn to live with the elephant in the living room: Alternative für Deutschland. The AfD is not only Germany’s ...

Friedrich Merz won the vote to become the next German chancellor on Tuesday after a second vote in parliament, hours after an unprecedented defeat in the first round of voting.

Conservative Friedrich Merz is set to be sworn in on Tuesday as Germany's new chancellor at a critical juncture as the ...

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

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