Friedrich Merz was elected Germany’s Chancellor after winning 325 votes in a second-round Bundestag vote on May 6.

BERLIN/WASHINGTON: Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Tuesday (May 6) that the United States should "stay out of" ...

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

Friedrich Merz secured Germany’s chancellorship Tuesday after overcoming an initial parliamentary defeat that had thrown his and Germany’s political future ...

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

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s bid to become Germany’s 10th chancellor has failed in the first round of voting in parliament ...

While he rebounded in the second round, former Mayer Brown counsel Friedrich Merz's power and influence may be significantly ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by parliament on Tuesday in a second round of voting after a ...

The morning of May 6th was meant to be a routine final stage in the choreography of the handover of power to Friedrich Merz ...

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