Mr. Merz is a product of the Sauerland in Germany’s wealthy west, a region that defines his politics and persona. During his ...

World: Despite leading a coalition with a parliamentary majority, Merz only gained 310 votes, six short of the 316 required in the 630-seat chamber.

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz has narrowly lost a vote to become the next chancellor. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

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No German chancellor had ever failed to win a first round ballot for leader - but Friedrich Merz has become the first.

The European Union has been wrestling with the future of its 1—and 2-cent euro coins for some time. The two lowest ...

German legislators are set to vote on the country’s next chancellor again, hours after conservative leader Friedrich Merz ...

Friedrich Merz narrowly lost the first round of voting Tuesday to become Germany's next chancellor, in a surprise setback for ...

Americans once associated spheres of influence with a cynical, volatile European past. Now Washington is resurrecting them.

Russia said it intercepted more than 100 Ukrainian drones fired at almost a dozen of its regions in an attack that forced all ...

NAIROBI, May 6. /TASS/. President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embalo will visit Russia and participate in the events marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the Lusa ...

The order followed the US defense secretary’s meeting with US President Donald Trump and other senior officials on national security matters on January 30 ...