The first step towards Mr Merz being effective on the European stage is for him to forge a coalition with the centre-left ...

Mr Merz revealed plans for two changes to the debt brake, a constitutional provision in place since 2009 that lets the ...

Friedrich Merz has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent's security as it grapples with the new Trump ...

The Christian Democrat, who appeared to have a path to a stable governing coalition, hopes to lead Europe’s response to ...

By Steven Erlanger and Christopher F. Schuetze Friedrich Merz, the man who is almost certain to be Germany’s next chancellor, is a conservative businessman who has never been a minister and was ...

The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory ...

Friedrich Merz, who is on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country's election, has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent's security as it ...

After his conservative bloc came out ahead in German legislative elections with almost 30 percent of the vote, Friedrich ... the CDU. Merz, a business lawyer from western Germany's rural Sauerland ...

Who Is Friedrich Merz, the Man on Course to Take Germany's Top Job After Election? BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz, on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after the country ...