As chancellor, Merz will face the challenge of helping to ... after the center-right's defeat by Olaf Scholz in Germany's ...

The Bundestag has elected the CDU/CSU bloc leader Friedrich Merz as Germany’s new federal chancellor, replacing Social ...

Friedrich Merz succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round.

GERMANY’S new Chancellor Friedrich Merz has finally been confirmed by the country’s parliament just hours after losing a ...

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has attended the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican. Meanwhile, a new study ...

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

Friedrich Merz's failure on Tuesday to win the required absolute majority in parliament to be elected chancellor of Germany ...

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz was due to travel to Paris and Warsaw on Wednesday after winning a nail-biting ...

Friedrich Merz now heads the German government. He has vowed to make foreign policy a top priority, visiting France and ...

Germany’s incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz shakes hands with outgoing leader Olaf Scholz in the lower house of the German parliament, May 6, 2025 [Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters] On Monday ...

BERLIN - Conservative Friedrich Merz is set to be sworn in on Tuesday as Germany's new chancellor ... last November of outgoing SPD Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way coalition left a political ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany’s chancellor — hours after he failed to win the first round in ...