Friedrich Merz is on track to become the next chancellor of Germany after an early exit poll put his centre-right CDU/CSU bloc in the lead. Reacting to the early results, Mr Merz said he would ...

Mr Merz is Chairman of the CDU - Germany's center-right party. It was headed for 18 years, from 2000 until 2018, by Angela Merkel. Friedrich Merz's stance on migration In January, Ms Merkel ...

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 ...

BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz ... job has been late in coming for Merz, a lawyer by profession, who saw his ascent derailed by former Chancellor Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and even turned ...

Friedrich Merz, migration hard-liner and longtime rival of Angela Merkel, is expected to become Germany's next chancellor. His party the Christian Democratic Union is leading polls alongside its ...

Germany's conservative leader, Friedrich Merz ... At 69 years old, Merz, a long-time rival of ex-chancellor Angela Merkel within the CDU, has led the center-right Union bloc through the election ...

Friedrich Merz ... The top job has been late in coming for Mr Merz, a lawyer by profession, who saw his ascent derailed by former chancellor Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and even turned ...

Friedrich Merz ... a power struggle with Angela Merkel. The leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union, which finished first in the election on Sunday, Mr. Merz earned his fortune ...