Friedrich Merz, an erstwhile rival of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, has been a beacon of hope for the conservative CDU party. He now wants to unseat Chancellor Olaf Scholz and take over ...

For the second time in his life, Friedrich Merz is a step away from taking charge of Germany. Losing the fight to control the Christian Democratic Union in 2002 to future Chancellor Angela Merkel ...

Friedrich Merz is likely to be the next chancellor of Germany. But the CDU leader will usher in a generational shift, moving ...

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

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

BERLIN ― Friedrich Merz, Germany’s likely next chancellor ... would suffice to meet the monumental challenges Germany now faces. Merz’s core mission is to undo the legacy of Angela Merkel, his CDU ...

If the polls hold, Mr. Scholz’s successor as chancellor could be Friedrich Merz ... from the same party as former Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mr. Merz, a pugnacious old-school politician, is ...

Merz was initially seen as a transitional leader for the conservatives. When Angela Merkel stood down after almost 19 years as party chair, he was defeated by other candidates in 2018 and in 2021 ...