Forget the back-slapping pol ready to banter about the Bundesliga; Friedrich Merz is a former corporate lawyer who wrote a ...

Merz expressed concern over changing relations with Washington under the Trump administration, emphasizing the need for gradual independence from the U.S.

As expected, Friedrich Merz is set to become the next German chancellor after his conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) won one of the tightest and highest-turnout elections in the country’s ...

Well, of course not. But Germany's accidental chancellor has a crucial role to play in history, like it or not ...

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 only has this one shot,” said Andrea ... he said that “it’s clear that this administration is largely indifferent to Europe’s fate.” Analysts and fellow politicians ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has triumphed at Germany’s ballot boxes, paving his way to become the next chancellor. His win is of particular significance to Europe — the leader has vowed to ...

Germany's Greens may refuse to back plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase in state borrowing, ...

Friedrich Merz's conservatives triumphed in Germany's elections, obtaining over 28% of the vote, as the far-right AfD gained over 20%. Outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz's SPD suffered a historic defeat ...

The victory of the Christian Democratic leader in the February 23 German parliamentary elections was met with relief by ...

Hours after Friedrich Merz's conservatives won Germany's national election, he sent the outgoing Social Democrat government a memorandum dictating how to cooperate during the transition period before ...

Friedrich Merz faces a host of political, economic and foreign policy challenges as he puts together a working coalition ...