Friedrich Merz, the conservative leader seeking to become Germany’s next chancellor, failed to obtain the necessary votes to ...

Merz, 69, who led his CDU/CSU conservatives to a federal election victory in February and signed a coalition deal with the ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s bid to become Germany’s 10th chancellor has failed in the first round of voting in ...

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

In a historic first, conservative leader Friedrich Merz ’s bid to become Germany’s 10th chancellor since World War II failed ...

He had expected to win at least 316 of the 630 votes but won only 310. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Friedrich Merz fell short of gaining the necessary majority in an initial vote in Germany’s lower house of parliament on ...

Friedrich Merz fails to secure chancellor majority in Bundestag, delaying Germany’s new government formation and triggering ...

If Merz or any other candidate fails to get that majority during the period of 14 days, the constitution allows for the ...

German lawmakers are set to vote Tuesday on whether conservative leader Friedrich Merz will become the country’s 10th ...

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