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’s failure to clinch a Bundestag majority sent shockwaves through German assets on Tuesday, raising questions about the country's political stability as economic clouds darken over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chancellor-designate Friedrich Merz leaves the CDU/CSU parliamentary group office in the Bundestag after failing the first round ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, speaks during the German Bundestag final regular session before the upcoming elections. Hannes P ...

Friedrich Merz was elected as Germany's chancellor in a second-round parliamentary vote on Tuesday, after failing to secure enough support earlier in the day. Merz needed at least 316 of the 630 ...

BERLIN, May 6. /TASS/. Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), did not receive sufficient support to become chancellor in the first round of a parliamentary vote, ...

Robin Alexander is a correspondent for the Axel Springer Global Network. His book, Last Chance: The New Chancellor and the Fight for Democracy, from which this story is adapted, will be published in ...

The session of Germany’s Bundestag started in a festive mood with greetings for dignitaries there to witness a peaceful handover of power. A little over an hour later, havoc ensued that will leave a ...