Germany’s likely next chancellor shares his party’s pro-EU and Atlanticist instincts, but also the country’s wider reluctance ...

If polls are correct, Olaf Scholz’s successor could be the 69-year-old leader of the Christian Democratic Union. He is ...

Ten weeks away from elections and with a double-digit lead over his closest rival's party, conservative leader Friedrich Merz ...

Merz was born on November 11, 1955 and has been married for more than 40 years to Charlotte Merz, a judge. They have three adult children. Merz, who at 198 cm (6ft 6 in) stands out in a crowd, is ...

Germany's establishment parties are fighting over the past. That may only fuel more instability in the future. The post ...

KYIV - Friedrich Merz, frontrunner in the race to become Germany's next chancellor, used an election-time visit to Kyiv to ...

Germany is facing elections in February following the collapse of Olaf Scholz’s government on Monday after a feisty debate ...

Germany’s largest opposition party is heavily favoured to form a government after snap elections slated for February 2025.

Friedrich Merz is a longtime rival of Angela Merkel who has tried to move their party back to the right.

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who hopes to become the next chancellor, is a millionaire ex-corporate lawyer who promises a return to his CDU party's conservative roots as an alternative ...