Newly elected German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at a handover ceremony in the chancellery in Berlin, 6 May, 2025 ...

Moscow will surely claim this bloody nose for Mr Merz is punishment for his tough talk on Ukraine. The election of Friedrich Merz as chancellor should have been a painless coronation Credit ...

Languages: English. Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected as the country's next chancellor in a crucial second vote after narrowly losing the first round of voting in a ...

Friedrich Merz has been sworn in as Germany's Chancellor after narrowly winning a majority of votes in the Bundestag - but only at the second time of asking. Germany had been thrown into ...

Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected Chancellor of Germany on Tuesday after the second round of Bundestag voting, in which he was given 325 endorsements (thus ...

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 — Friedrich Merz won lawmakers' approval to become the next German chancellor on Tuesday in a second vote in parliament, hours after an unprecedented defeat in the first round.

A coalition deal in Germany has paved the way for conservative leader Friedrich Merz to become the country's 10th chancellor since World War II. As part of the deal, outgoing Chancellor Olaf ...

Jim Tankersley Christopher F. Schuetze Melissa Eddy and Clay Risen Friedrich Merz won a second-chance vote to become Germany’s chancellor on Tuesday afternoon, rebounding from a morning defeat ...

Friedrich Merz secured the top job but only after losing on his first attempt, a surprise that potentially weakens his government at a fraught time for Germany and Europe. By Jim Tankersley and ...

Friedrich Merz, third from right, listens to a debate ahead of a second round of vote at the Bundestag in Berlin, 6 May 2025 Alor Setar airport closes after RMAF jet lands on its nose Car ...