Friedrich Merz and his conservative Christian Democratic Union must now persuade Germans that he can fix the economy and get ...

Merz launched his political comeback after Merkel stepped down as CDU leader in 2018 and announced that she wouldn't seek a ...

Germany's far-right AfD party topped a major poll for the first time on Wednesday in a sign of growing dissatisfaction with ...

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz clinched a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday, ...

Friedrich Merz faces fierce internal criticism and sees his conservative base threatens to break after agreements with the ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has pledged to strengthen Germany's role on the European and world stage at a time US ...

The CDU’s Friedrich Merz is set to become chancellor once a governing coalition with the Social Democrats (SPD) gets to work next month. CDU heavyweight Jens Spahn, a former health minister, told Bild ...

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has unveiled a new coalition deal between the country’s two major centrist ...

Friedrich Merz, chairman of the conservative Christian Democratic ... However, Merz apparently saw his move as a gamble aimed at curbing the success of the anti-immigration AfD. Merz was often thought ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become Germany's 10th ... thanks to votes from the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party. That prompted his opponents to accuse Merz of breaking a taboo ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become Germany's next chancellor. Friedrich Merz, chairman of the conservative Christian Democratic ...