Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz, casts his ballot in the second round of voting for Chancellor in the Bundestag. Merz failed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chancellor Candidate Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is pictured ahead of the second round of voting in the ...

Friedrich Merz is Germany's new head of government. However, he needed an unprecedented second vote to secure the necessary majority in the Bundestag in what was a historic debacle in German politics.

After CDU leader Friedrich Merz (69) failed in the first round of the chancellor election this Tuesday, he was successfully elected as the new Federal Chancellor in a second round of voting on May 6 ...

One year after taking office, Germany's head of federal government has reached record levels of unpopularity, his coalition ...

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 ...

“SO HELP me God,” said Friedrich Merz, Germany’s new chancellor, his right hand aloft as he solemnly recited the oath of office in the Bundestag on May 6th. Earlier in the day Mr Merz, leader of the ...

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 ...

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, ...

BERLIN, May 6. /TASS/. The Bundestag has elected Christian Democratic Union leader Friedrich Merz as Germany's Chancellor in a decisive second-round vote. The session was streamed live on the ...

Economy Minister Reiche is a controversial figure. Her plans for new gas-fired power plants, rolling back plans for more renewables in the building sector and scrapping solar subsidies have been met ...