The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left ...

I want to make it very clear: in view of the threats to our freedom and peace on our continent, the following must now also ...

Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

Friedrich Merz is on track to become the next chancellor ... It would be a remarkable comeback for a man pushed aside by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and who failed to take charge of his ...

FILE - Floor leader Friedrich Merz, left, and Angela Merkel, chairwoman of the Christian Democrats Union party (CDU), cheer after Merz's speech to the delegates of the CDU party convention in ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War ... who saw his ascent derailed by former Chancellor Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and even turned his back on active politics for several ...

However, after the rise to power of CDU stalwart Angela Merkel, Mr. Merz resigned from politics in 2009 and went back to practising corporate law full-time. In the interim, before his return to ...

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started exploratory talks on a possible coalition government ...

The real winners of Germany’s election are sitting in Moscow. Despite Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats (CDU) technically ...

Friedrich Merz heralds a new era for Germany, after the German elections revealed a majority of young voters are leaning ...

EXCLUSIVE: As Germany is set to get a new chancellor, an acclaimed documentary examines the leadership and legacy of a previous chancellor – Angela Merkel. The former head of the Christian Democratic ...