The leader of the CDU/CSU bloc, Friedrich Merz, was not elected as the new chancellor of Germany. He lacked the necessary votes in the first vote in the Bundestag, according to German Tagesschau. In ...

Friedrich Merz is one day older than the German army but when both turned 70 earlier this month, most agreed that the lanky ...

Mr Winkel and 17 other young MPs vowed to vote against the draft law, which they argue unfairly burdens the young. Some 20 ...

Young politicians in the chancellor’s own conservative bloc are threatening to scupper his coalition’s pension plan — testing ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to be elected the country's next chancellor by lawmakers on Tuesday, leaving his allies scrambling to determine their next steps following the shock ...

At the annual meeting of the Junge Union, the joint youth organisation of the CDU/CSU ruling coalition, the divide between ...

At the annual meeting of the Junge Union, the joint youth organisation of the CDU/CSU ruling coalition, the divide between ...

Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor of Germany after facing a historic loss in the Bundestag. In the second round, 325 lawmakers voted for Merz, bringing him past the 316-vote threshold. The ...

The conservative politician had been expected to easily win confirmation to become Germany’s 10th chancellor since World War II, but initially fell 18 votes short. Merz then received 325 votes in the ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected by lawmakers as the country's new chancellor on Tuesday, hours after suffering a humiliating defeat in a first round of voting on an extraordinary ...

It took two votes in the Bundestag, but in the end — as expected — conservative Friedrich Merz was elected as Germany's chancellor. He takes over the helm at a very difficult moment for Germany and ...