Mark Branson, the president of Germany's bank watchdog BaFin, said on Wednesday that the nation's financial firms were in a ...

Friedrich Merz secured the top job but only after losing on his first attempt, a surprise that potentially weakens his ...

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

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

Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that simply banning the far-right Alternative for Germany would not ...

Friedrich Merz’s unprecedented failure to win election as German chancellor in the first round of voting in parliament has ...

The morning of May 6th was meant to be a routine final stage in the choreography of the handover of power to Friedrich Merz ...

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

The far-right Alternative für Deutschland called for fresh elections after Friedrich Merz's initial defeat in his bid to ...

Hours after he suffered a historic defeat, Friedrich Merz was elected as German chancellor on Tuesday. The leader of the ...

Friedrich Merz needed a surprise second vote to clear parliament.

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