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

Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that ...

Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The day that should have marked Friedrich Merz’s political coronation started in a celebratory mood.

Chancellor Scholz and the German defense minister, Boris Pistorius, on July 20, 2024, at Berlin. Carsten Koall/Getty Images Within minutes of Mr. Merz’s confirmation as chancellor, President Zelensky ...

Picture: Getty Images Mr Merz was appointed as post-war Germany’s 10th chancellor along with his cabinet, with the new chancellor is due to visit Paris and then Warsaw on Wednesday. His victory ...

Friedrich Merz has finally 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. The ...

Now it’s neither. This was the central message from the chaotic transfer of power on Tuesday that saw Friedrich Merz, the conservative winner of the last election, take the helm of the world’s ...

Friedrich Merz of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) is congratulated by colleagues after he won in a second vote in his election as German chancellor.Credit: Getty Images Merz received 325 ...