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

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

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

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

Friedrich Merz, the favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, has denied his conservative bloc's manifesto contains ...

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

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

Following the toppling of the Assad regime in Syria, thousands of political prisoners have been freed across the country. The ...

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 ...