Germany was long a beacon of stability in Europe, its politics often reassuringly boring. "Germany and Europe need a strong ...

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 ...

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

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 ...