January 2022 – After two failed bids for CDU party leadership, in 2018 and 2021, Merz is selected to lead the party. February 23, 2025 – CDU and its sister party wins the federal election .

BERLIN: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, a day after meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, that he encountered a US administration open to discussion and returned ...

Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday he had "no doubt" the United States would remain in NATO after a high-stakes meeting with President Donald Trump in the White House.

BERLIN - Some U.S. lawmakers do not understand the scale of Russia's rearmament campaign, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday, a day after he held talks with U.S. President Donald ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, a day after meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, that he encountered a U.S. administration open to discussion.

By all accounts, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's visit to Donald Trump in the Oval Office was a success. But the bar was low. There are plenty of potential pitfalls for the trans-Atlantic ...

Germany’s Merz says he found Trump open to dialogue and committed to NATO The American administration, Merz said, is open to discussion, listens, and is willing to accept differing opinions.

Merz said that, in their meeting, he “thought he succeeded” in impressing on Trump how German-owned car plants based in the US export as many cars to the rest of the world as BMW, Volkswagen ...

Trump says it may be better to let Ukraine, Russia ’fight for a while’ as Merz blames Putin for war Mr. Merz told German reporters after the White House meeting that he had invited Mr. Trump ...

BERLIN — Germany’s conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz returned with confidence from Washington on Friday, expressing certainty about U.S. President Donald Trump remaining committed to Europe’s ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz avoided a feared public spat during his first meeting with American President Donald Trump, dodging the fate of some of his fellow leaders. There had been tense ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he’ll launch a new push with France to try to break a deadlock on a decade-old European Union effort to deepen the bloc’s capital markets and improve ...