Bundestag confirmed Friedrich Merz as Germany's new chancellor in a successful second vote after he unexpectedly lost an ...

The leader of the CDU/CSU bloc, Friedrich Merz, was not elected as the new chancellor of Germany. He lacked the necessary ...

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

For the first time in postwar German history, a federal chancellor candidate does not get the minimum number of votes in the ...

A German spy agency deems the party a threat to the “democratic order,” but voters say otherwise—should they be silenced, too ...

Friedrich Merz fails to secure chancellor majority in Bundestag, delaying Germany’s new government formation and triggering ...

Wolfgang Schröder, 60 years old, professor of political science at the University of Kassel, is among the most listened-to ...

Germany’s new government said Wednesday it will start increasing border controls to clamp down on migration. Germany’s new ...

First failed vote highlights Germany’s new head of government has a thin majority to deliver an ambitious programme ...

The CDU party leader was confirmed as Germany's chancellor on Tuesday in a second vote after a tumultuous first round saw him fall six votes short. Bundestag confirmed Friedrich Merz as Germany's ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor ...