Video: Act of the 70th birthday of former Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel Friedrich Merz will be the joint candidate for ...

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

Friedrich Merz’s long and winding journey towards ... he became co-leader of its Bundestag group in 2000, before Angela Merkel elbowed him aside. But Merz’s outspoken conservatism also clearly chimes ...

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

MICHELE TANTUSSI/POOL/AFP German opposition leader Friedrich Merz ... A long-time rival of the CDU's centrist ex-chancellor Angela Merkel, Merz has criticised her legacy, from her open-door ...

Leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz speaks during ... rival of the CDU's centrist ex-chancellor Angela Merkel, Merz has criticised her legacy, from her open-door ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's ... A long-time rival of the CDU’s centrist ex-chancellor Angela Merkel, Merz has criticised her legacy, from her open-door policy to migrants to her ...