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Friedrich Merz is the 10th chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. He is also the chairman of Germany's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Merz, a former European Parliament ...

Friedrich Merz reacts after he failed to be elected new chancellor in the first voting process at the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Tuesday, May 6, 2025.

The incoming German chancellor campaigned as a debt hawk. Then a source told him about Trump’s plans for NATO.

The Social Democrats say the first legal steps should be taken to ban the far-right Alternative for Germany party as ...

Timeline 1972 – Joins the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). 1985-1986 – Judge at Saarbrücken District Court. 1986-1989 – Lawyer for the German Chemical Industry Association.

Things have been pretty busy in German politics since May 6, when Merz, of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), took office. Since then, Germany's new head of government has made ...