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

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who hopes to become the next chancellor, is a millionaire ex-corporate lawyer who ...

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

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and opposition leader Friedrich Merz are neck and neck in head-on personal ratings ahead of ...

Opposition CDU and governing SPD offer starkly competing visions as they prepare to unveil election manifestos ...

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

CDU party leader Friedrich Merz speaks at his nomination as the party’s direct candidate for the Hochsauerland district ...

Leading contenders in Germany’s upcoming election have presented their programs, setting out contrasting visions of how to ...

The conservative leader’s attacks signal the next government may be just as discordant as the one that recently fell.

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

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who hopes to become the next chancellor, is a millionaire ex-corporate lawyer who ...