Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected as the country's next chancellor. Newsweek's live blog is ...

Merz won in a second round of voting after failing to secure an absolute majority in an earlier round.

Supporters of Mr. Merz, a former corporate lawyer, say he is well-prepared and thoughtful, but critics accuse him of failing ...

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

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

His countrymen, he declares, will have to ‘engage’ with the AfD, ‘factually and on substance.’ ...

Center-right politician Friedrich Merz was elected as German chancellor Tuesday in a second vote just hours after his ...

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

Friedrich Merz, right, talks to outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the ... The motion was narrowly approved thanks to votes ...

Sponsor Message AfD's presence in the opposition in parliament could make it difficult for the coalition government to carry out its agenda. An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that ...

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz narrowly lost a vote in the Bundestag to become the next chancellor in an unexpected setback that plunges the country into political uncertainty. Shane ...