It took two rounds of voting for Germany’s parliament to elect Friedrich Merz as the next Chancellor. Marina Kormbaki, Deputy ...

Article 63 of Germany's constitution, the Basic Law, says that, to become chancellor, a candidate in the first round needs to ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to garner the parliamentary majority needed to become chancellor on Tuesday ...

Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by parliament in a second round of voting after an unprecedented defeat on the first ...

Public prosecutors in Germany have moved to strip a politician from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) of his ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is weighing how to confront the Alternative for Germany party, which has been rising in ...

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German legislators are set to vote on the country’s next chancellor again, hours after conservative leader Friedrich Merz ...

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

German lawmakers were left dumbfounded on Tuesday as conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure an absolute majority ...

Friedrich Merz won the vote to become the next German chancellor on Tuesday after a second vote in parliament, hours after an ...

Friedrich Merz reacts after he failed to be elected new chancellor in the first voting process at the German federal ...