Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has won a parliament vote to become Germany's next chancellor after a second attempt. Merz had initially fallen six votes short of majority on May 6, marking a ...

Germany's conservative CDU/CSU political union and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have signed off on a coalition deal in Berlin which paves the way for a new government to be sworn in on ...

Friedrich Merz needed a surprise second vote to clear parliament.

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

Germany's conservative CDU/CSU political union and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have signed off on a coalition deal in Berlin which paves the way for a new government to be sworn in on ...

[Photo/Agencies] BERLIN -- Leaders of Germany's conservative CDU/CSU and center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) signed a coalition agreement on Monday, paving the way for the formation of a new ...

Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor of Germany after facing a historic loss ... the Christian Social Union (CSU); and the Social Democratic Party (SPD). In February, Merz led his party to ...

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

On Monday, they signed a coalition deal with the SPD, who won just 16.4%, vowing to reform Germany. But both parties have lost support since their already dismal performances in February ...

The Bundestag consists of 328 politicians from the CDU/CSU and SPD. Despite the small margin, Merz's election in the first round of voting is considered fairly certain. Before signing the agreement, ...