BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany’s next chancellor, drawing applause ...

Merz had been working to project strength and purpose but instead became mired in political intrigue and division.

Friedrich Merz clinches German chancellorship in a second-round vote, overcoming a historic first-ballot setback.

Merz scored an absolute majority of 325 against 289 in the second secret vote in the lower house of parliament ...

FRANKFURT: German shares trimmed early losses on Tuesday after conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor ...

Merz takes over at the helm of a coalition between his CDU/CSU alliance and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) of ...