The leader of Germany's Christian Democrat-Social Democratic coalition, Friedrich Merz, suffered a shock defeat Tuesday in his bid to become chancellor after failing to secure a majority in a vote in ...

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected as the country's next chancellor. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by parliament in a second round of voting after an unprecedented defeat on the first ...

BERLIN, May 6 (Reuters) - German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor on ... to a federal election victory in February and signed ...

The new German chancellor intends to thwart Trump’s attempt to reduce Europe into a sideshow CAN FRIEDRICH MERZ, the new ...

Post-WWII Germany has long been wary of state power and unfettered spending − and that may stymie new chancellor’s plans.

A convoy transporting heavy mining equipment from the Malian capital Bamako to Allied Gold's Sadiola mine came under attack in the Kayes region over the weekend, two people familiar with the incident ...

Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, increasingly pitches himself as a pragmatist akin to Angela Merkel. But his mantra ...

For all these reasons, we are rooting for the success of Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz. He is a 69-year-old lawyer ...

BERLIN — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized the migration policy of incumbent Chancellor Friedrich Merz on ...

Friedrich Merz failed to get the majority needed to become German chancellor in a parliamentary vote Tuesday. The result marks an unanticipated setback for Merz who was widely expected to secure the ...