Friedrich Merz, believes the upcoming elections are as important as the country's first federal vote in 1949. Speaking at an ...

Friedrich Merz said a new push for a free trade deal with the US could "prevent a dangerous spiral of tariffs." The ...

Friedrich Merz, Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader in the German Bundestag ...

Friedrich Merz, Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader in the German Bundestag and CDU candidate for Chancellor, speaks during an interview with the ...

After Tesla CEO Elon Musk praised the AfD in an article published by a German daily, the leading candidate for chancellor, ...

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

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, who is favoured to succeed Olaf Scholz as chancellor, would support a new attempt ...

Merz was born on November 11, 1955 and has been married for more than 40 years to Charlotte Merz, a judge. They have three adult children. Merz, who at 198 cm (6ft 6 in) stands out in a crowd, is ...

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

Only unforeseen circumstances could prevent Friedrich Merz, the hard-talking chief of the CDU conservative party, from ...

Countries in the west should keep an open mind about the new rulers in Damascus, without being “too naïve”, says Luxembourg ...

Olaf Scholz has lost a vote of confidence in his leadership and Germany now faces its first election of the truly post-Angela ...