If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

The former German chancellor said it was not right to remain silent after her party, the conservative CDU, relied on votes ...

Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...

Polls show conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s Union leading ahead of the Feb. 23 election with around 30% support, while ...

BERLIN: Opposition leader Friedrich Merz ... without risks for Merz. His original pitch to lead the conservatives was that, by breaking with former Chancellor Angela Merkel's immigration-friendly ...

Who is Friedrich Merz? Why did he have a feud with Angela Merkel? How would he deal with Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, the Ukraine war and the challenge of China? And can he deliver the reboot ...

The strong election frontrunner so far is conservative Friedrich Merz, the leader of Angela Merkel's CDU, who brings business world experience but, at age 69, is as yet untested in any government ...

His main election challenger, Friedrich Merz ... policy” for a decade — since Angela Merkel, a chancellor from his own party and a former Merz rival, allowed large numbers of migrants into ...

The strong election frontrunner so far is conservative Friedrich Merz, the leader of Angela Merkel's CDU, who brings business world experience but, at age 69, is as yet untested in any government ...

Tucking into beer and pretzels, the frontrunner to become Germany's next chancellor, conservative millionaire Friedrich Merz, is showing off his folksy ... was elbowed out of the way by party rival ...