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

Olaf Scholz’s government was officially brought down on Monday after he lost a vote of confidence, paving the way for an ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday, putting the European Union's most populous ...

They are still confused and, understandably, a little angry in the centre of Essen, though the mood is very much calmer than it was a few days ago. Back then, many people were scared witless.

Germany faced a political earthquake. The Bundestag passed a vote of no confidence against Chancellor Scholz, resulting in ...

Mr Merz is well known in Germany after saying in 2003 that the country’s notoriously long tax return forms should be made so simple that they can fit on a beer coaster. He is seen as the ...

Broken beer bottles, trash and discarded crack cocaine pipes litter ... Bank of America and DZ Bank; and companies like Merz and Nestlé, came together in October under the so-called BHV initiative to ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gained further ground on conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz in a new opinion poll, drawing close to his main challenger ahead of February’s snap election ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and opposition leader opposition leader Friedrich Merz, also leader of the leader of the Christian Democratic Union, during a session in the Bundestag (lower house of ...

Berlin (AFP) – 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 ...