Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

Friedrich Merz heralds a new era for Germany, after the German elections revealed a majority of young voters are leaning ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started exploratory talks on a possible coalition government ...

Friedrich Merz is on track to become the next chancellor ... It would be a remarkable comeback for a man pushed aside by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and who failed to take charge of his ...

EXCLUSIVE: As Germany is set to get a new chancellor, an acclaimed documentary examines the leadership and legacy of a previous chancellor – Angela Merkel. The former head of the Christian Democratic ...

Paul Hockenos is a journalist and author based in Berlin. His most recent book is “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the country's presumptive next chancellor, is not expected to accompany outgoing ...

The centre-right alliance led by Friedrich Merz topped the polls with 28.5 percent ... For the two would-be partners, ...

The strong performance of Germany’s far-right party, the Alternative für Deutschland, or AfD. AfD had shown surprising support in preelection polls, and grabbed a lot of attention in part thanks to ...

Friedrich Merz said that Europe needed to “achieve independence from the United States, step by step.” That won’t be easy, ...

Merz expressed concern over changing relations with Washington under the Trump administration, emphasizing the need for ...