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 ...

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.

As Friedrich Merz took the oath of office as Germany ... to politics in our profile of him. See more on: Christian Democratic Union (Germany) ...

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

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

US President Donald Trump’s secretary of state Marco Rubio accused the German state of “tyranny in disguise”, further ...

Friedrich Merz failed to get the majority needed to become German chancellor in a parliamentary vote Tuesday. The result marks an unanticipated setback for Merz who was widely expected to secure the ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government is easing Germany’s stance against nuclear energy in European Union policy discussions ...

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 ...