Lars Klingbeil, believes conservative Friedrich Merz will garner enough support from lawmakers to become chancellor in a ...

A lawmaker for Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) has called for unity as lawmakers were set to vote in a second secret ballot ...

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) backed a coalition deal with the CDU/CSU conservatives on Wednesday in the final step to ...

Friedrich Merz needed a surprise second vote to clear parliament.

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

The far-right Alternative für Deutschland called for fresh elections after Friedrich Merz's initial defeat in his bid to ...

CDU party leader Friedrich Merz, set to be sworn in as Germany's new chancellor, pledged that the three parties would ...

Merz won confirmation of MPs in a second round of voting after becoming the first ever chancellor candidate to lose in the ...

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

Merz scored an absolute majority of 325 against 289 in the second secret vote in the lower house of parliament ...

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