Hours after he suffered a historic defeat, Friedrich Merz was elected as German chancellor on Tuesday. The leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) had been widely expected to win ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has hit a snag in his attempt to form Germany's new government. Friedrich Merz has failed in his first attempt to become the Federal Republic's 10th chancellor on ...

Friedrich Merz (R), leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), is greeted after being elected as ...

The new German chancellor intends to thwart Trump’s attempt to reduce Europe into a sideshow CAN FRIEDRICH MERZ, the new ...

Friedrich Merz has succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round.

The process, Scholz said in his farewell address on Monday night, was an “expression of democratic ... for Germany party in Berlin in February.Credit...Christian Mang/Reuters Friedrich Merz ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz defended his government's new migration policy on Saturday, saying it remains in line with ...

Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, increasingly pitches himself as a pragmatist akin to Angela Merkel. But his mantra ...

Significantly, Merz began his speech by praising the pro-war and rearmament policies of his predecessor, Olaf Scholz (SPD).

Friedrich Merz takes office as Germany’s new chancellor under a cloud of uncertainty. With internal dissent, a surging far ...

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Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected Chancellor of Germany on Tuesday after the second round of Bundestag voting, in which he was given 325 endorsements (thus ...