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 ...

Ten weeks away from elections and with a double-digit lead over his closest rival's party, conservative leader Friedrich Merz ...

Germany can cover future increases in military spending without creating a special funding instrument, but must do more to ...

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

Ahead of the Feb. 23 election, German parties have wildly different plans to repair the country’s sputtering economy.

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

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

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 ...