She left parliament before the second vote, in a possible sign of disapproval towards the CDU’s current leader. It remains unclear why Mr Merz failed in the first secret ballot — where he was ...

The result came as a major upset, as Merz was widely expected to win, thanks to a coalition deal involving his party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU); its Bavarian sister party, the Christian ...

BERLIN - Germany’s legislature, the Bundestag, on Tuesday elected Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), as the country’s next chancellor, following a second round of ...

Germany's conservatives under chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Monday announced their cabinet ministers, including an outspoken Ukraine backer as foreign minister, before they are set to take ...

Germany’s new interior minister says the new government plans to station more police at the border to curb illegal migration ...

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

Leaders of Germany's conservative CDU/CSU and center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) signed a coalition agreement on ...

The CDU party leader lost the first round of voting to become Germany's chancellor on Tuesday, falling short by six ...

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) backed a coalition deal with the CDU/CSU conservatives on Wednesday in the final step to ...