German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who hopes to become the next chancellor, is a millionaire ex-corporate lawyer who ...

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

The conservative leader’s attacks signal the next government may be just as discordant as the one that recently fell.

Germany’s likely next chancellor shares his party’s pro-EU and Atlanticist instincts, but also the country’s wider reluctance ...

Olaf Scholz’s successor faces problems ranging from potential Trump tariffs to anger over illegal immigration and a cost of ...

BERLIN - Ten weeks away from elections and with a double-digit lead over his closest rival’s party, conservative leader Friedrich Merz is getting used to being feted as Germany’s next Chancellor.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took a swipe at Elon Musk over his political judgement, escalating a spat between the German ...

Germany’s largest opposition party is heavily favoured to form a government after snap elections slated for February 2025.

Polls suggest that a February election will result in a rightward shift, at a moment when Europe’s largest economy is ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who hopes to become ... to migrants to her insistence on maintaining dialogue with Russia. Merz is a pro-business economic liberal, who published a book ...

Leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz speaks during ... to her insistence on maintaining dialogue with Russia. Merz is a pro-business economic liberal, who published ...