German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by parliament ... the centre-left Social Democrats was dealt a surprise defeat in the first attempt. Merz's failure to win ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by parliament on Tuesday in a second round of voting after ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by parliament ... the centre-left Social Democrats was dealt a surprise defeat in the first attempt. Merz's failure to win ...

Mr. Merz’s eventual win was bittersweet as the initial defeat — the first such outcome in Germany’s post-war history — pointed to rumblings of discontent within his uneasy coalition.

Friedrich Merz secured Germany’s chancellorship Tuesday after overcoming an initial parliamentary defeat that had thrown his and Germany’s political future ...

Friedrich Merz was elected as Germany’s new chancellor ... Tired of too many ads?go ad free now His initial defeat was historic, marking the first time in post-war Germany that a chancellor ...

In a historic turn of events, German conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected as the new Chancellor of Germany following a second round of voting in parliament. This outcome came after an ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by parliament on Tuesday in a second round of voting after his new alliance with the centre-left Social Democrats was dealt a surprise ...

Friedrich Merz elected German chancellor in second vote. His alliance with Social Democrats dealt surprise defeat in 1st attempt His plans include tax cuts, energy price reduction, Ukraine support ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded in becoming Germany ... Being the first postwar German candidate to lose the initial ballot stage of the elections with only 310 votes, the shock defeat ...