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

Friedrich Merz won a second-chance vote to become Germany’s chancellor on Tuesday afternoon, rebounding from a morning defeat in Parliament that threatened to hobble the next government before ...

Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor of Germany after facing a historic loss in the Bundestag. In the second round, 325 lawmakers voted for Merz, bringing him past the 316-vote threshold.

CDU leader Friedrich Merz leaves a parliamentary group meeting at the Bundestag in Berlin on Tuesday after failing in his bid to be elected chancellor in the first round of ballot of MPs.

BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected in a second ballot by lawmakers as post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor on Tuesday — hours after he failed to win the first ...

Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by parliament in a second round of voting after an unprecedented defeat on the first attempt got his coalition government off to a wobbly start.

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New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged U.S. officials to refrain from interfering in his country’s politics in an interview Wednesday. Merz, who was sworn into office Tuesday, said ...

BERLIN, May 6 (Reuters) - German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor on Tuesday in a major blow that threw politics in Europe's ...

But they split their votes among Mr. Merz’s parties (28.6%), the free-market Free Democrats (4.3%, too low a share to win seats in the parliament) and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD ...

Friedrich Merz has made his world-affairs debut as Germany’s new chancellor. Stefanie Dazio, John Leicester. Wednesday 07 May 2025 09:30 BST. Friedrich Merz to visit Warsaw and Paris in first ...

Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany's 10th post-World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career that was once sidelined by his party's iconic leader, Angela Merkel.