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

Supporters of Mr. Merz, a former corporate lawyer, say he is well-prepared and thoughtful, but critics accuse him of failing ...

Merz won in a second round of voting after failing to secure an absolute majority in an earlier round.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor in a major blow.

It was the first time in Germany’s postwar history that a chancellor-designate has failed to win an absolute majority.

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

Friedrich Merz's unprecedented first-round failure in the vote to make him German chancellor on Tuesday gave a boost to the ...

The conservative politician lost a first-round parliamentary vote to become leader, an upset that spells fresh uncertainty ...

How difficult his chancellery could be became apparent when he failed to get confirmed in a first round of voting Tuesday.

Friedrich Merz’s unprecedented failure to win election as German chancellor in the first round of voting in parliament has ...