Friedrich Merz did not receive enough votes in the first round of voting in the Bundestag for the future Chancellor of ...

BERLIN - Friedrich Merz's failure on Tuesday to win the required absolute majority in parliament to be elected chancellor of ...

The CDU party leader lost the first round of voting to become Germany's chancellor on Tuesday, falling short by six votes.

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

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

Germany’s conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz faced a significant political defeat Tuesday after falling short of a ...

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 ...

Friedrich Merz's loss in the Bundestag election was a surprise. He was considered the favorite since his party won Germany’s ...

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 ...