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 ...

Merz received 325 votes in favor, surpassing the 316 required. According to The Guardian, 289 lawmakers voted against, one ...

Three years ago Merz returned from the political wilderness to secure the leadership of the centre-right Christian Democratic ...

Vice Chairman of the German Bundestag Omid Nuripour has called on new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to agree on the ...

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

Mr Merz’s commitment to restoring a long-absent German voice to European and international debates is not in doubt, and he ...

For the first time since the founding of the Federal Republic, two rounds of voting were necessary to elect a chancellor.

Social Democratic coalition, Friedrich Merz, suffered a shock defeat Tuesday in his bid to become chancellor after failing to ...

Friedrich Merz has secured a majority in the second round of voting at the German Bundestag, averting a constitutional crisis.

Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that ...

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