Friedrich Merz was meant to be riding to Europe’s rescue. Instead, he has fallen flat on his face. The chancellor-in-waiting ...

Friedrich Merz, third from right, listens to a debate ahead of a second round of vote at the Bundestag in Berlin, ...

If there’s a reset coming for Europe, its name is EU reform. But here’s the kicker: Merz and Macron may be soulmates on ...

Friedrich Merz, CDU Chairman and candidate for Chancellor, and his wife Charlotte are seated at the Bundeswehr's Grand Tattoo to bid farewell for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in front of the ...

Friedrich Merz has made it to the chancellery after a bumpy start. He needed an unprecedented second vote to secure the necessary majority in the Bundestag in what was a historic debacle in German ...

When ordinary Germans approach Friedrich Merz in public, it’s usually for one of two things: either they want a selfie or they hand him a beer mat to sign. On Tuesday, the lanky 69-year-old is ...

Friedrich Merz, a conservative Christian Democrat, became Germany’s next chancellor after a surprising setback in parliament delayed him from taking office. By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting ...

As a rule, the candidate is from the party that has won the most votes in the parliamentary elections. This time, that party is Merz’s, according to TASS. On Monday, leaders of the Social Democratic ...

When Friedrich Merz tomorrow assumes Germany’s chancellorship at the head of a coalition between his conservative Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) alliance with the ...

Friedrich Merz has turned Brilon into a kind of showcase of Germany as he envisions it. With its roughly 25,000 inhabitants, hills, and church tower, the small town, nestled in the bucolic ...

Germany's conservative new Chancellor Friedrich Merz has pledged to end months of political paralysis and rebuild Berlin's international standing, but got off to a bruising start on Tuesday. Having ...