Volker Resing, who wrote the recent biography “Friedrich Merz: His Path to Power," says that Merz would possibly be “the most international chancellor" Germany has had since 1945. Political ...

Friedrich Merz of the CDU is expected to become the next chancellor, replacing Olaf Scholz after Germany's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and center-left Social Democrats agreed to ...

Bei CDU-Chef Friedrich Merz dürfte das zum Beispiel die (längst widerrufene) Ankündigung aus dem Jahr 2019 sein, die AfD „halbieren“ zu können. Tatsächlich reitet die Rechtsaußen-Partei ...

A key ally of German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said he’s optimistic talks with Social Democrats on forming the next government can conclude before Easter. Thorsten Frei, who heads the ...

BERLIN — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany's 10th chancellor after finalizing a deal Wednesday to form a new government. Merz, 69, who will ...